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Miasm

Miasm \Mi"asm\, n. [Cf. F. miasme.] Miasma.

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miasm

n. 1 An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma. 2 (context homeopathy English) A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.

Usage examples of "miasm".

None of those ridiculous old-wife nostrums of yours, signora, could have prevented the fomites and miasms of corruption from getting into the wounds.

All the miasms of the cess-pool are mingled with the breath of the city.