Mephitic
Mephitic , adjective
[Latin mephiticus, from mephitis mephitis: compare French méphitique.]
1.
Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.
2.
Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
Collocations (1)
Mephitic air (Chemistry) , carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Also: Mephitical