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asphyxic

asphyxic adjective: related to, or causing asphyxia.

Adjective

asphyxic (not comparable)

  1. Related to, or causing asphyxia

Origin of asphyxic

From asphyxia + -ic.

Questions about asphyxic

What does asphyxic mean?
Asphyxic means related to, or causing asphyxia.
What part of speech is asphyxic?
Asphyxic is an adjective.

Words near asphyxic in the dictionary

  1. asphyxiations
  2. asphyxiative
  3. asphyxiator
  4. asphyxiators
  5. asphyxiatory
  6. asphyxic
  7. asphyxied
  8. asphyxies
  9. asphyxiophilia
  10. asphyxiophiliac
  11. asphyxiophiliacs

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