Effluvia [noun]

Several instances have come under my observation which justify the assertion that the disease cannot be propagated by effluvia.

Of the offensive nature of animal effluvia, the senses of every one who enters a crowded assembly, must immediately convince him.

The perfume of Paris and the effluvia of death intermingled are sufficient to breed a pestilence!

The fresh air has the power of removing much of the noxious effluvia received from the body by the clothing.

It was a dusky night, I could not prevent his being assailed by the evening effluvia of Edinburgh.

Is or is not that which is called magnetic effluvia a something, a stuff or a substance, invisible and imponderable though it be?

The news of this thing flew that afternoon like loosened effluvia.

For destroying miasmata, noxious effluvia, and putrid odours, it is the most powerful agent known.

This theory supposes the amulets to give off vapours or effluvia which penetrate into the body and effect a cure.

One theory put forward for the supposed medical value of amulets was the Doctrine of Effluvia.