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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aura \Au"ra\, n.; pl {Aur[ae]}. [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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