Both Uses

miasma
in
A Wrinkle in Time
(Edited)

For everywhere she looked, everywhere she turned, was the rhythm, and as it continued to control the systole and diastole of her heart, the intake and outlet of her breath, the red miasma began to creep before her eyes again, and she was afraid that she was going to lose consciousness, and if she did that she would he completely in the power of IT.
p. 175.9

miasma = a highly unpleasant feeling associated with something
The red miasma swam before her eyes; her stomach churned in ITs rhythm.
p. 228.3 *

Definitions:

(1) (miasma)
a heavy, unpleasant atmosphere — literal or figurative

At one time, miasma (bad air) was thought to cause disease.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)