miasma
noun
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
miasmatic
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a word derived from
miasma.
Example Sentences
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Up until that point, diseases like cholera had been thought of in miasmatic terms - that they travelled in bad air - and tackled with what Prof Chakrabarti called "broad spectrum treatments".
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2020
In 1867, inspired by the miasmatic tenements of America’s burgeoning cities, the engineer Lewis W. Leeds delivered a series of lectures under the title “Man’s Own Breath Is His Greatest Enemy.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
“The myth of the hero who singlehandedly wrecked miasmatic theory obscures the fact that those who held onto it were also thoughtful fellows,” Cairo writes.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2019
Acland’s map neatly backed up the miasmatic theory, suggesting that the toxic air would collect and remain in low areas with less wind.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2019
It is very hard to make fog and miasmatic exhalations, even when made partly luminous with rhetoric, attractive to the intellect that loves headlands and mountain-tops.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
