transcription, транскрипция: [ mī-ˈaz-mə, mē- ]
noun
( plural -mas also mi·as·ma·ta -mə-tə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, defilement, from miainein to pollute
Date: 1665
1. : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease ; also : a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere
a miasma of tobacco smoke
2. : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt
freed from the miasma of poverty — Sir Arthur Bryant
also : an atmosphere that obscures : fog
retreated into an asexual mental miasma — Times Literary Supplement
• mi·as·mal -məl adjective
• mi·as·mat·ic ˌmī-əz-ˈma-tik adjective
• mi·as·mic mī-ˈaz-mik, mē- adjective
• mi·as·mi·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb