different between miasma vs miasm

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

English

Noun

miasm (plural miasms)

1. An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma.
2. (homeopathy) A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.

References

• miasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “miasm” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• IAMMS, Mimas, Sammi, imams, maims