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miasma
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miasma
[mī·az′mə]
Etymology: Gk, miainein, defilement
an unwholesome, polluted atmosphere or environment, such as a marsh or swamp containing rotting organic matter. Also called miasm [mī′əzəm] .
miasma
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; the basis for an early concept of the origin of epidemics.
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It is said that neither night nor day witnessed his absence from the depositories of diocese, until at length kneeling over the bed of infection, and listening to the sorrows of some poor penitent, he inhaled the miasmata of death.
"Martyr to duty": Toronto's first bishop: Michael Power by Murray Nicolson / Catholic Insight
 
 
 
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