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Definition of Hectic

1. Adjective. Marked by intense agitation or emotion. "Worked at a feverish pace"

Definition of Hectic

1. a. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.

2. n. Hectic fever.

Definition of Hectic

1. Adjective. Of a fever, pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin. ¹

2. Adjective. Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) A hectic fever. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hectic

1. filled with turmoil [adj] : HECTICLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Hectic

1. 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, a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption. Origin: 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. Hectic fever. 2. A hectic flush. "It is no living hue, but a strange hectic." (Byron) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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