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miasma

noun pl. miasmas or miasmata

  1. a vapor rising as from marshes or decomposing animal or vegetable matter, formerly supposed to poison and infect the air, causing malaria, etc.
  2. an unwholesome or befogging atmosphere, influence, etc.

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See miasma in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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