miasma in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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miasma [Brit mɪˈazmə, mʌɪˈazmə, Am maɪˈæzmə, miˈæzmə] N form

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All those concerns, born of the miasma theory of disease, were thus mixed with urbanistic concerns of the management of populations.
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The atmosphere was infected by miasma, as diseased people were.
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Jade reveals that the miasma can be neutralized through a hyperresonance that sacrifices a large amount of lives.
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Sewers were built since the 1850s, initially based on the erroneous belief that bad air (miasma theory) caused cholera and typhoid.
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Fear of miasma registered in many early nineteenth century warnings concerning what was termed unhealthy fog.
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The guest rooms are small, over-heated, and over-furnished with a miasma of romantic marble statuary.
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At the close of the video, she transforms into a black miasma, which expands as tendrils grow from the fug.
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At the time people did not readily believe germ theory of disease, instead favoring miasma theory.
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The miasma caused a lot of diseases such as the cold, influenza, heat strokes, malaria, or dysentery.
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She is a beautiful young girl unaware of the miasma of the city around her.
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