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Webster 1913 Edition
Miasm
Mi′asm
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
miasme
.] Miasma.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miasm
MI'ASM
Definition 2024
miasm
miasm
English
Noun
miasm (plural miasms)
- An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.
- (homeopathy) A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.
References
- miasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “miasm” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.