miasmaticadj.
/ˌmɪəzˈmatɪk/, /ˌmʌɪəzˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌmiəzˈmædɪk/, /ˌmaɪəzˈmædɪk/ Relating to, containing, or of the nature of a miasma; caused by noxious or infectious vapour. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour
dampish1577
dampy1600
mephitic1623
damp1637
mephitical1704
mephitized1794
miasmic1822
miasmal1832
miasmatic1835
miasmatical1855
miasmatous1861
miasmous1884
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > malaria
paludal1813
miasmic1822
malarious1834
miasmatic1835
malarial1842
miasmous1884
malarian1886
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > specific > miasma
miasmic1822
miasmal1832
miasmatic1835
miasmatical1855
miasmatous1861
miasmous1884
1835 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IV. 57/1 The softening in intermittents is owing to the miasmatic poison altering the qualities of the blood.
1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan ix. 194 The entire absence of marshes..must exempt it from all miasmatic disease.
1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 60 The miasmatic equatorial African jungle.
1938 M. Brinig May Flavin iv. 396 An incomparable California sun pushing the miasmatic mists back into the sea.
1968 ‘Han Suyin’ Birdless Summer i. vi. 132 Pao and his benevolent brothers bemoaned the miasmatic disorder in which they were involved.
1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness iii. xi. 230 The so-called ‘miasmatic theory’ postulated that swamp air contained chemical poisons which had been freed from rotting wood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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