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Definition of Effluvium
1. Noun. A foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste).
Definition of Effluvium
1. n. Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
Definition of Effluvium
1. Noun. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. ¹
2. Noun. A condition causing the shedding of hair. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effluvium
1. a byproduct in the form of waste [n -VIA or -VIUMS]
Medical Definition of Effluvium
1. Origin: L, a flowing out, fr. Effluere to flow out. See Effluent. Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effluvium
Literary usage of Effluvium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... in the meantime, he quivered under the effluvium of an immense love, a supreme
and universal tenderness, as if the heart of all humanity were throbbing ..."
2. The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions: To which is by James Johnson (1827)
"Human effluvium or Contagion.—The existence of this fe- ... attest that the
effluvium issuing from the bodies of a number of human beings confined too ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"to which is added, an Inquiry into the facts connected with those forms of Fever
attributed to Malaria or Marsh effluvium. By FRANCIS BOOTT, MD Vol. II. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1878)
"BALLARD ON effluvium NUISANCES. THE statutory appointment of Medical Officer of
the Local Government Board lapsed with the resignation of Mr. John Simon. ..."
5. The Theological and Literary Journal (1850)
"... burning perfumes to destroy the effluvium of the sepulchre."—Vol. i. pp. 48-58.
At the entrance of this double tomb, and opening on the same passage, ..."
6. Baltimore Medical and Surgical Journal and Review edited by Eli Geddings (1834)
"To which is added, an Inquiry into the facts connected with those forms of Fever
attributed to Malaria or Marsh effluvium. By FRANCIS BOOTT, MD &c. &c. Vol. ..."
7. A Manual of Public Health by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1890)
"(188) Classification of effluvium Nuisances.1 THE most offensive nuisances, says
Ballard, arc those which are given off from trade processes in which the ..."
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