About The Word Mephitic
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Mephitic
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What's The Definition Of Mephitic?
[adj] of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mephitic: malodorous | miasmic Related Terms | Find terms related to Mephitic: See Also | Mephitic In Webster's Dictionary \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L.
mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m['e]phitique.]
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}.
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