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Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.

Having the character of parody. Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. T. Warton.

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. Sir J. Herschel.

A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.

One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical.

In a periodical manner.

Periodicity.

The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants. Henfrey.

Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.

See Grebe.

Of or pertaining to prosody; according to the rules of prosody. -- Pro*sod"ic*al*ly, adv.

Relating to psalmody.

Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected. -- Rhap*sod"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to rhodium; containing rhodium.

Of or pertaining to sarcode.

Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.

ining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.

Same as Spasmodic, a. -- Spas*mod"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet.