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Definition of Miasm
1. Noun. An unwholesome atmosphere. "The novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
2. Noun. Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources. "A miasma of cigar smoke"
Definition of Miasm
1. n. Miasma.
Definition of Miasm
1. Noun. An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma. ¹
2. Noun. (homeopathy) A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miasm
1. miasma [n -S] - See also: miasma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miasm
Literary usage of Miasm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"And if there are any persons who will not take the Cholagogue, allowing Dr.
Hall to be correct, as to the universal nature of the miasm which produces, ..."
2. Lectures on the Eruptive Fevers: As Now in the Course of Delivery at St by George Gregory (1851)
"... miasm (from o^Xoj, a crowd) to the peculiar miasm generated in hospitals, ...
miasm have never been investigated with all the accuracy which is ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Ventilation by Morrill Wyman (1846)
"Agents which may destroy contagious miasm.—Cold. — Heat. — Smoke from Gas
Manufactories. — Steam-planing Mills, Glasshouses, &c. — Dr. Reid's Definition of ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"The name of this remorseless destroyer of human life ie miasm, ... All that is
needed is to know the laws of miasm, and wisely adapt ourselves to them. ..."
5. The Cincinnati Medical News edited by John Adams Thacker (1889)
"As it is known the world over that miasm never exists in deserts, where there is
nothing but dry sand and a burning heat, it is clear that something more ..."
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