MIASMATIC
\mˌa͡ɪəzmˈatɪk], \mˌaɪəzmˈatɪk], \m_ˌaɪ_ə_z_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k]\
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Belonging or relating to miasmata. Sauvages, in his classification of diseases according to their etiology, bas a class under the name Morbi miasmatici. A fever that arises from marshy miasms, is styled malarious, paludal, Helopyra, Helopyretus, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).