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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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hectic

Literary usage of Hectic

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

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"Loss of flesh, hectic, hemorrhage. Cavity at both apices. Bacilli. ... Cough, hectic, loss of flesh, sweats. Consolidation and softening at right base. ..."

2. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1850)
"With relation to hectic fever, considered as an indirect symptom that ... A few more touches will suffice to fill up the picture of hectic fever. ..."

3. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1855)
"With relation to hectic fever, considered as an indirect symptom that ... A few more touches will suffice to fill up the picture of hectic fever. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"In such cases, and, indeed, whenever the hectic fever is of some standing, ... But there is sometimes a threatening appearance of hectic fever, where, ..."

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