'Empyreuma' definitions:

Definition of 'Empyreuma'

From: GCIDE

Empyreuma \Em`py*reu"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a live coal covered with ashes, fr. ? to set on fire, fr. ?: cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels. Empyreumatic