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effluvium

N กลิ่น เหม็น  ไอระเหย ที่ เป็นอันตราย  emanation exhalation kin-men

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EFFLUVIUM

n.plu. effluvia. [L. from effluo, to flow out. See Flow. ] The minute and often invisible particles which exhale from most, if not all terrestrial bodies, such as the odor or smell of plants, and the noxious exhalations from diseased bodies or putrefying animal or vegetable substances.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EFFLUVIUM

Ef *flu "vi *um, n.; pl. Effluvia. Etym: [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.]

 

Defn: Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

effluvium

ef flu vi um |iˈflo͞ovēəm ɛˈfluviəm | noun ( pl. effluvia |-vēə | ) an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge: the unwholesome effluvia of decaying vegetable matter. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, from effluere flow out.

 

Oxford Dictionary

effluvium

effluvium |ɪˈfluːvɪəm | noun ( pl. effluvia |-vɪə | ) an unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge: smoke and effluvia from factory chimneys. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, from effluere: flow out .

 

Duden Dictionary

Effluvium

Ef flu vi um Substantiv, Neutrum Medizin , das |Effl u vium |das Effluvium; Genitiv: des Effluviums, Plural: die Effluvien Erguss, Ausfluss, Ausdünstung