Meaning

2 senses

  1. An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.

    an unwholesome atmosphere

  2. A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.

Forms

plural: miasms
Singularmiasm
Pluralmiasms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources:miasma
  • an unwholesome atmosphere:miasma

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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