Miasma
31miasma — mi·à·sma s.m. CO 1. esalazione malsana che emana da sostanze organiche in decomposizione 2. estens., fetore che impregna l aria {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1730. ETIMO: dal gr. míasma sporcizia , da miaínō io sporco …
32Miasma — Mi|as|ma das; s, ...men <aus gr. míasma »Besudelung, Verunreinigung«> (nach überholter Anschauung) Krankheiten auslösender Stoff in der Luft od. in der Erde; [aus dem Boden ausdünstender] Gift , Pesthauch …
33miasma — mi•as•ma [[t]maɪˈæz mə, mi [/t]] n. pl. mas, ma•ta [[t] mə tə[/t]] 1) noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere 2) a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere •… …
34miasma — /miˈæzmə/ (say mee azmuh), /maɪ / (say muy ) noun (plural miasmas or miasmata /miˈæzmətə/ (say mee azmuhtuh), /maɪ / (say muy )) 1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs infecting the atmosphere. 2. an… …
35Miasma (album) — Miasma Studio album by The Black Dahlia Murder Released July 12, 2005 …
36Miasma theory — Bad air redirects here. For the condition of air that does not meet the requirements of one or more biotic species, see Bad air quality. The miasma theory (also called the miasmatic theory) held that diseases such as cholera, chlamydia or the… …
37Miasma theory of disease — The miasmatic theory of disease held that diseases such as cholera or the Black Death were caused by a miasma (Greek language: pollution ), a noxious form of bad air . In general, this concept has been supplanted by the more scientifically… …
38Miasma (Greek mythology) — In Greek mythology, a miasma is a contagious power that has an independent life of its own. Until purged by the sacrificial death of the wrongdoer, society would be chronically infected by catastrophe. [1] An example is Atreus who invited his… …
39miasma — noun /miˈæzmə,maɪˈæzmə,maɪˈæzmə,miˈæzmə/ a) A noxious atmosphere or influence. b) A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste to cause disease …
40miasma — (греч.) скверна …
