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miasm (s) (noun), miasms (pl)
1. In homeopathy, a block to healing or a general weakness caused by a predisposition to a particular disease in someone or in his or her family that is transmitted down the generational chain.
2. Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources: Certain lakes are usually full of vegetable matter undergoing decomposition and they often produce large quantities of miasms.

This miasm unit is usually a spelling variation of "miasma".

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(Greek: pollution, stain, contamination; to pollute, to defile, to corrupt)