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Webster 1913 Edition


Miasma

Mi-as′ma

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Noun.
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pl.
Miasmata
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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] defilement, fr. [GREEK] to pollute.]
Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.