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Miasmatic

Miasmatic \Mi`as*mat"ic\, Miasmatical \Mi`as*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. miasmatique.] Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.

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miasmatic

a. reeking, oppressing, having the nature of a miasma

Usage examples of "miasmatic".

From observing its action in the cure of this and other miasmatic diseases, and knowing its composition, we are thoroughly satisfied that it contains chemical properties which neutralize and destroy the miasmatic or ague poison which is in the system, and, at the same time, produces a rapid excretion of the neutralized poisons.

An interminable period of monotony lived in the eternal mists, swirling with sluggish dankness, enervating, miasmatic, pulsant with the secret whisperings of mephitic lifeforms.

If the same individual were to live under unfavorable conditions, without any education, if he were to find himself in unhealthy telluric surroundings, in a mine, a rice field, or a miasmatic swamp, he would become insane.

It was not a dignified position, particularly since I'd misstepped as mentioned earlier and was now conveying miasmatic matter on the bottom of my shoe.

The miasmatic effluvia which rise from the river during the night bring on an intermittent fever, or paludism, often of great severity, accompanied by unendurable headaches.