different between disease vs miasma

English

Alternative forms

• (uneasiness): dis-ease

Etymology

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Equivalent to dis- +? ease. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ?dl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?-z?z? IPA^(key): /d??zi?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

disease (countable and uncountable, plural diseases)

1. (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
   • November 22, 1787, James Madison Jr., Federalist No. 10

     The instability, injustice, and confusion, introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished; [...]
2. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
   • 1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7

     War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.

3. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:disease

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

disease (third-person singular simple present diseases, present participle diseasing, simple past and past participle diseased)

1. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
2. To infect with a disease.

Anagrams

• Seaside, seaside

English

Etymology

First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “stain; pollution”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mi?æzm?/, /ma??æzm?/
• (US) enPR: m?-?z'm?, m?- ?z'm?, IPA^(key): /ma??æzm?/, /mi?æzm?/
• Rhymes: -æzm?
• Homophone: my asthma

Noun

miasma (plural miasmas or miasmata)

1. A noxious atmosphere or influence.
2. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:miasma.

Related terms

• miasmatic

Translations

Further reading

• miasma theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• miasma (Greek mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Masami, imaams

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1778. Borrowed from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi??s.ma?/
• Hyphenation: mi?as?ma
• Rhymes: -?sma?

Noun

miasma n (plural miasmata or miasma's, diminutive miasmaatje n)

1. miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
2. (medicine, historical) miasma (emanation from rotting organic matter causing diseases)

Derived terms

• miasmatisch

References

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmi)

1. miasma

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “pollution”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.?az.m?/, /?mjaz.m?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.?a?.m?/, /?mja?.m?/

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmas)

1. miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
2. (medicine, historical) miasma (noxious emanation from swamps that was thought to cause diseases)

Related terms

• miasmático

Spanish

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmas)

1. miasma