Definition of Hecht

1. Noun. United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946).

Exact synonyms: Ben Hecht
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Definition of Hecht

1. hight [v -ING, -S] - See also: hight

Medical Definition of Hecht

1. Victor, early 20th century Austrian pathologist. See: Hecht's pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hecht

Hebrews
Hebrician
Hebricians
Hebridean
Hebridean Islands
Hebridean Isles
Hebrideans
Hebrides
Hebridian
Hebridians
Hebron
Hebræan
Hebræans
Hecate
Hecate Strait
Hecht (current term)
Hecht's pneumonia
Heck's disease
Hector
Hector Berlioz
Hector Hevodidbon
Hector Hugh Munro
Hectour
Hedelfinger
Hedeoma pulegioides
Hedera
Hedera helix
Hedgecock
Hedgecox
Hedjaz

Literary usage of Hecht

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"On April 12 Hecht wrote to Holden: "So far we have not been able to get the new ... Holden wrote Hecht on April 17: "You know you told me, if we would buy ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"... articles D'ORSAY Hecht, MD BY HUGH T. PATRICK, MD D'Orsay Hecht was born in Albany, New York, January 31, 1874, and died in Chicago, ... Hecht ..."

3. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The properties of their sensitivity have been investigated to some extent, and have been described in a series of papers (Hecht, 1918-19, a, b, ..."

4. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"A mixture of NNK and NNN swabbed daily for life in the oral cavities of rats induced a significant incidence of oral tumors (Hecht et al. ..."

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