GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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