miasmata
- plural of miasma.
Example Sentences
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The mists, due to the great heat and excessive evaporation, and the noxious miasmata, especially of the southern region, were exaggerated into the noisome vapours that the “black and stinking” waters ever exhaled.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
Ague arises from marsh miasmata, a temperature above 60� being, however, apparently required to produce it.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
The nearer they ascended to the clouds of heaven, the freer they were from the miasmata and insects of the swamp.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Much of that region is heavily timbered, and, upon cutting it away in spots, and letting in the rays of the sun upon vegetable matter undergoing decomposition, miasmata are generated.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
It thus aids in maintaining the balance of life, and cleanses the swamps of miasmata, thus purifying the air we breathe.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
