Definition of "miasmatic" [mi•as•mat•ic]

• Reeking, oppressing, having the nature of a miasma (adjective)

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• "This, I believe, the sequel will show is not the case with miasm and the so-called miasmatic diseases."
• "But for the purpose of doing this in a somewhat systematic manner, it will be necessary for me to state clearly, first, what is understood by the word miasm or miasmata in the sense in which it is used by those who invoke its aid in the causation of diseases; and secondly, to demonstrate the fallacy of the doctrine, by showing we have no satisfactory proof that the morbific cause of what are called miasmatic diseases, arises from vegetable putrefaction."
• "Where were the phrases, such as miasmatic putrescence or putrescent miasma -- I forget which it was -- that used to greet the dramas of Ibsen?"