{ Me‐phit″ic (?), Me‐phit″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. méphitique.] 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.