Usually means: Noxious vapors believed to cause disease.
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  1. miasmas: Merriam-Webster
  2. miasmas: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. miasmas: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. miasmas: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. miasmas: Wiktionary
  8. miasmas: Dictionary.com
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  1. miasmas: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. miasmas: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (miasma)

noun:  A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
noun:  (figurative) A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment.
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