tellurism

tellurism
The alleged influence of soil emanations in producing disease. [L. tellus (tellur-), the earth]

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  • tellurisme — [ telyrism ] n. m. • 1846; de tellurique ♦ Didact. Influence de la Terre, du sol sur les êtres qui y vivent, et spécialt sur les mœurs de l homme en société. ⇒TELLURISME, subst. masc. Influence de la terre, du sol, des phénomènes naturels sur les …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tellurian —   a. pertaining to the earth; n. dweller on the earth.    ♦ telluric, a.    ♦ tellurion, n. instrument showing how night and day alternate and the seasons change owing to the obliquity of Earth s axis.    ♦ tellurism, n. disease production by the …   Dictionary of difficult words

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