miasm

Meanings

Plural: miasms

Noun

• an unwholesome atmosphere
  • "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
• unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
  • "the miasma of the marshes"
  • "a miasma of cigar smoke"
• An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.
• A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.

Synonyms

miasma