||Au"ra (&?;), n.;
pl. Auræ (&?;). [L. aura air, akin to
Gr. &?;.]
1. Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of
flowers, the odor of the blood,
a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of
flowers, etc.
2. (Med.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or
limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.
Electric aura,
a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a
mass surrounding it, called the electric atmosphere.
See Atmosphere,
2.
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