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瘴: miasma

miasma
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Almost only in 瘴気 (しょうき), the noxious vapor once thought to cause disease; popular in fantasy for toxic air.

Key words

瘴気しょうきmiasma; noxious vapor
瘴癘しょうれいmiasmic disease (literary)

Example sentences

A thick miasma hangs around the Demon Lord's castle.

People in the past believed that the miasma of the marshes was the source of disease.

Old records say the miasma-ridden lands of the south were feared.

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