effluvium

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈfluːvi.əm/

Noun

effluvium (plural effluvia)

1. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
   • 1906, O. Henry, The Furnished Room

     And he breathed the breath of the house—a dank savour rather than a smell—a cold, musty effluvium as from underground vaults mingled with the reeking exhalations of linoleum and mildewed and rotten woodwork.

2. A condition causing the shedding of hair.

Translations

• French: effluvium
• German: Effluvium
• Italian: effluvio
• Russian: миа́зм
• Spanish: efluvio

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