миазмы, вредные испарения
имя существительное миазмы, ядовитые испарения
noun (plural -mas; also miasmata) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, defilement, from miainein to pollute 1. a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease; also a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere Example: a miasma of tobacco smoke 2. an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt Example: freed from the miasma of poverty — Sir Arthur Bryant; also an atmosphere that obscures; fog Example: retreated into an asexual mental miasma — Times Literary Supplement • miasmal adjective • miasmatic adjective • miasmic adjective • miasmically adverb