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Hectic
Hec′tic
,Adj.
[F.
hectique
, Gr. [GREEK] habitual, consumptive, fr. [GREEK] habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. [GREEK] to have; akin to Skr. sah
to overpower, endure; cf. AS. sige
, sigor
, victory, G. sieg
, Goth. sigis
. Cf. Scheme
.] 1.
Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption;
as, a
hectic
type in disease; a hectic
flush.2.
In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive;
as, a
. hectic
patientHectic fever
(Med.)
, a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.
Hec′tic
,Noun.
1.
(Med.)
Hectic fever.
2.
A hectic flush.
It is no living hue, but a strange
hectic
. Byron.