Definitions for: Hectic


[adj] marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"



Webster (1913) Definition: Hec"tic, 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.]
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 patient.

Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility,
occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting
disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.


Hec"tic, n.
1. (Med.) Hectic fever.

2. A hectic flush.

It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. --Byron.

Synonyms: agitated, feverish

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