Effluvium

Definitions

1. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
   countable, uncountable
2. A condition causing the shedding of hair.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“She was now bending over a huge light⟳ wood blaze, with a pipe of rude structure⟳ and no small dimensions in her mouth, from which the occasional puff went forth, filling the apartment with the unpleasant effluvia of the vilest leaf-tobacco.”

“It was the mere effluvium of the flame, the subtle ether that it cast⟳ off as it passed, working on us, and making us feel⟳ strong as giants and swift as eagles.”

“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.”

“Reversible hair loss or effluvium occurs following either endogenous or exogenous damage⟳ to anagen hair follicles[…].”

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