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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.

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  1. a. 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.
  2. n. a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
  3. 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.
  4. Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by thesense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, theeffluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
  5. n:100 n. a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)