MIASMATIC
\mˌa͡ɪəzmˈatɪk], \mˌaɪəzmˈatɪk], \m_ˌaɪ_ə_z_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k]\
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Belonging or relating to miasmata. Sauvages, in his classification of diseases according to their etiology, bas a class under the name Morbi miasmatici. A fever that arises from marshy miasms, is styled malarious, paludal, Helopyra, Helopyretus, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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