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What is the noun for miasms?

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miasm
  1. An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.
  2. (homeopathy) A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The sycotic miasm is the one that has the greatest tendency to overgrowth and hence obesity.”
      “The miasm in the latter case is therefore endoecic, or more exactly entoichic.”
      “He said that he had been riding near the Whitney Pond, and perceived a different odor, and thought he must have inhaled the miasm.”
miasma
  1. A noxious atmosphere or influence.
  2. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The pit swirled down into oblivion, a thick, cloying miasma threatening to devour him if he drew too close to it.”
      “Today's the day for refuse collection where I live, and the miasma of smells and stench from the bins was like wading through a marsh this morning.”
      “Amid their bewildered gaze, the realm enshrouded them in a misty miasma.”
miasmatism
  1. (historical) The obsolete belief that diseases are caused by a miasma, or noxious form of air.
miasmatist
  1. (historical) A supporter of the theory of miasmatism. [from 19th c.]
miasmatists
  1. plural of miasmatist
miasmas
  1. plural of miasma
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Physicians attributed the primary cause of disease to miasmas emanating from sewage, cesspools, or rotting vegetable matter.”
      “Before Pasteur, dreadful smells and miasmas ruled the roost, the only accepted causes of illness, while after Pasteur, disease was all down to germs.”
      “The insect braves with impunity the strongest odours and mephitic miasmas.”
miasmata
miasms
  1. plural of miasm
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The final selection of the similimum will depend on the patient's miasms or inherited diseases, at which we will look more closely now.”
      “She has written many articles on the homeopathic treatment of chemical, drug, vaccine, and radiation miasms.”
      “The concept of miasms is explained in the context of relapsing conditions.”
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