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Definition of Miasma

Miasma
Miasma Mi*as"ma, n.; pl. Miasmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ? defilement, fr. ? to pollute.] Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

Meaning of Miasma from wikipedia

- The miasma theory (also called the miasmic theory) is an abandoned medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were...
- Look up miasma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Miasma may refer to: Miasma (Ancient Gr**** religion), a contagious power that has an independent life...
- Miasma is the second studio album by American melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder. Released through Metal Blade Records on July 12, 2005,...
- In Ancient Gr**** religion, a miasma was "a contagious power... that has an independent life of its own. Until purged by the sacrificial death of the wrongdoer...
- Miasma Chronicles is a tactical role playing video game developed by The Bearded Ladies and published by 505 Games in 2023. It is set in a post-apocalyptic...
- Miasma is an EP by the British band Hecate Enthroned that was released on 4 July 2001 via Blackend Records. It has six tracks, one of which is a hidden...
- Norape miasma is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen...
- Sheer ****ish Miasma is a 2002 noise album by Kevin Drumm. Pitchfork Media gave Sheer ****ish Miasma a glowing review and named it the 39th best album...
- the source of cholera, rather than particles in the air (referred to as "miasma"). This discovery came to influence public health and the construction of...
- 1762. However, such views were held in disdain in Europe, where Galen's miasma theory remained dominant among scientists and doctors. By the early 19th...