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1 Miasmata -- rank: 1000

Miasmata definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Miasma Mi*as"ma, n.; pl. Miasmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ? defilement, fr. ? to pollute.] Infectious particles or ...

2 miasma -- rank: 469

... syn: miasma, miasm] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -mas; also miasmata) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, defilement, from miainein to pollute ... adjective • miasmic adjective • miasmically adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. miasmata or miasmas) archaic an infectious or noxious vapour. Derivatives: miasmal ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Miasma Mi*as"ma, n.; pl. Miasmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ? defilement, fr. ? to pollute.] Infectious particles or ...

3 Infection -- rank: 234

... of infecting, or the act by which poisonous matter, morbid miasmata or exhalations produce disease in a healthy body. The words ...

4 Contagion -- rank: 234

... term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc ...

5 Noisome -- rank: 234

... mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as noisome winds; noisome effluvia or miasmata; noisome pestilence. 2. Noxious; injurious. 3. Offensive to the smell ...