mephitic adj 1: of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution [syn: {miasmic}, {mephitic}]
Mephitic \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m['e]phitique.] 1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. [1913 Webster] 2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. [1913 Webster] {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. [1913 Webster]