Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Effluvium

Effluvium , noun

[Latin, a flowing out, from effluere to flow out. See Effluent, 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.