Found 2 items, similar to miasma.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: miasma
miasma
n 1: an unwholesome atmosphere;
“the novel spun a miasma of death
and decay”
2: unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources;
“the miasma of the marshes”;
“a miasma of cigar smoke”
[also:
miasmata (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Miasma
Miasma
\Mi*as"ma\, n.; pl.
Miasmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
defilement, fr. ? to pollute.]
Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made
noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious
effluvia; malaria.
[1913 Webster]