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Alt. of Mephitical

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  1. a. Alt. of Mephitical
  2. adj. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
  3. 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.
  4. s of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution