asphyctic (asfiktik)

[ out pulsation (see asphyxia ), + -ic.] 1. Per taining to asphyxia.-2. Pulsele . asphyxia (as-fik'si-a), n. [NL., cating asphyxia: as, asphyxial symptoms. asphyxiant (as-fik'si-ant), n. [ which produces asphyxia. asphyxiate (as-fik'si-at), v. t.; pret. and pp. as phyxiated, ppr. asphyxiating. [ The deprivation of oxygen, and the accumulation of carbonic acid, cause injury long before the asphyxiating point is reached. Huxley and Youmans , Physiol., § 128. asphyxiation (as-fik-si-a's hon), n. [ asphyxi ate + -ion.] The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia. asphyxiative (as-fik'si-a-tiv), a. [ asphyxiate +-ive.] Suffocating; producing asphyxia or suffocation. asphyxy (as-fik'si), n. See asphyxia . aspicl, aspick (as'pik), n. [Early mod. E. also aspike ; aspic , Pr. aspic , aspis ( aspid- ), an asp: see asp2 .] 1. A venomous serpent: same as asp2 , but used chiefly in poetry. They shall find That, to a woman of her hopes beguil'd, A viper trod on, or an aspic , 's mild. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iv. 1. Thereto she pointed with a laugh, Showing the aspick's bite. Tennyson , Fair Women. 2t. A piece of ordnance of small caliber. aspic2 (as'pik), n. [Early mod. E. aspicke, a spiculate (as-pik'ū-lāt), a. Same as aspicu lous. as picul ous (as-pik'u-lus), a. [ hard spicula.