Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MEPH-I'TIS, or MEPH'IT-ISM
ME-PHIT'IC, or ME-PHIT'IC-ALME-RA'CIOUS
MEPH-I'TIS, or MEPH'IT-ISM, n.
Foul, offensive or noxious exhalations from dissolving substances, filth or other source; also, carbonic acid gas. Med. Repos
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