MIAS'MA, n. [Gr. to pollute.] Infecting substances floating in the air; the effluvia or fine particles of any putrefying bodies, rising and floating in the atmosphere, and considered to be noxious to health.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.