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miasma(dictionary)
miasma theory(medicine)

miasma (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek; Origin: 'making dirty']
dirty air or a thick unpleasant mist that smells bad
::He looked up at me through a miasma of cigarette smoke.
::A foul miasma lay over the town.
an evil influence or feeling that seems to surround a person or place
miasma of
::The miasma of defeat hung over them.