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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as miasma.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Miasma.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.
  • noun homeopathy A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
  • noun an unwholesome atmosphere

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