Meanings
adjectiveasphyctic (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining 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
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asphyctic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asphyctic
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