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Mephitical
{
Me-phit′ic
,Me-phit′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
mephiticus
, fr. mephitis
mephitis: cf. F. méphitique
.] 1.
Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious;
as,
mephitic
exhalations; mephitic
regions.2.
Offensive to the smell;
as,
. mephitic
odorsMephitic air
(Chem.)
, carbon dioxide; – so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See
Carbonic acid
, under Carbonic
.