Definition of Mephitic
Me`phit´ic
a.
1.
Tending
to
destroy
life
;
poisonous
;
noxious
;
as
,
mephitic
exhalations
;
mephitic
regions
.
2.
Offensive
to
the
smell
;
as
,
mephitic
odors
.
Mephitic air
(Chem.)
carbon
dioxide
; -
so
called
because
of
its
deadly
suffocating
power
.
See
Carbonic
acid
,
under
Carbonic
.
Related Words
malodorous
,
malodourous
,
miasmic
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