miasmata
mə, mi- noun, plural mi·as·mas, mi·as·ma·ta 
[mahy-az-muh-tuh, mee-] .
[mahy-az-muh-tuh, mee-] . 1.
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
2.
a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
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miasma (mɪˈæzmə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -mata, -mas | |
| 1. | an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere |
| 2. | pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter |
| [C17: New Latin, from Greek: defilement, from miainein to defile] | |
| mi'asmal | |
| —adj | |
| miasmatic | |
| —adj | |
| mias'matical | |
| —adj | |
| mi'asmic | |
| —adj | |
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miasma
1665, from Gk. miasma (gen. miasmatos) "stain, pollution," related to miainein "to pollute," from PIE base *mei-/*mai- "to stain, defile" (cf. O.E. mal "stain, mark," see mole (1)).
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