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Webster 1913 Edition
Asphyctic
As-phyc′tic
,Adj.
Pertaining to asphyxia.
Definition 2024
asphyctic
asphyctic
English
Adjective
asphyctic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to asphyxia.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:
- 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’: