miasma

noun

mi·as·ma | \ mī-ˈaz-mə

, mē-\

plural miasmas also miasmata\ mī-ˈaz-mə-tə

, mē- \

Definition of miasma

1 : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease also : a heavy vaporous emanation (see emanation sense 2) or atmosphere a miasma of tobacco smoke

2 : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt freed from the miasma of poverty— Sir Arthur Bryant the enervating miasma of fear — The Times Literary Supplement (London) also : an atmosphere that obscures : fog

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