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asphyctic

asphyctic adjective: pertaining to asphyxia.

Adjective

asphyctic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to asphyxia.
    • He was forthwith conveyed to the nearest hospital, and there pronounced to be still living, although in an asphyctic condition.1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

Questions about asphyctic

What does asphyctic mean?
Asphyctic means pertaining to asphyxia.
What part of speech is asphyctic?
Asphyctic is an adjective.

Words near asphyctic in the dictionary

  1. asphodelaceous
  2. asphodelin
  3. asphodels
  4. asphondyliine
  5. asphondyliines
  6. asphyctic
  7. asphytic
  8. asphyxia
  9. asphyxial
  10. asphyxiant
  11. asphyxiants

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