asphyctic

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asphyctic (not comparable)

  1. 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.