miasmatic
11miasmatic — adj. of or pertaining to miasma (infectious vapors in the atmosphere) …
12miasmatic — mi·as·mat·ic …
13Miasmatical — Miasmatic Mi as*mat ic, Miasmatical Mi as*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. miasmatique.] Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases. [1913 Webster] …
14Miasma theory of disease — The miasmatic theory of disease held that diseases such as cholera or the Black Death were caused by a miasma (Greek language: pollution ), a noxious form of bad air . In general, this concept has been supplanted by the more scientifically… …
15Miasma theory — Bad air redirects here. For the condition of air that does not meet the requirements of one or more biotic species, see Bad air quality. The miasma theory (also called the miasmatic theory) held that diseases such as cholera, chlamydia or the… …
16poisonous — poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal are comparable when they mean having the properties or the effects of poison (see POISON) Basically poisonous implies that the thing so described …
17Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion — Color plate of surgical instruments from the MSHWR. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 1861 65 (the MSHWR) was a U.S. Government Printing Office publication consisting of six volumes published between 1870 and 1888 and… …
18Plague doctor — Doktor Schnabel von Rom ( Doctor Beak of Rome ), engraving by Paul Fürst, 1656 A plague doctor (Italian: physici epidemeie, Dutch: pestmeester, German: Pestarzt), was a special medical physician who saw those who had the bubonic plague …
19E amygdalina — Eucalyptus Eu ca*lyp tus, n. [NL., from Gr. e y^ well, good + ? covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an …
20E gigantea — Eucalyptus Eu ca*lyp tus, n. [NL., from Gr. e y^ well, good + ? covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an …
