1. Noun
Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
2. Noun
unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
3. Noun
an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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