Definition of Hectics

1. hectic [n] - See also: hectic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hectics

heckuva job
hect-
hectagon
hectagons
hectarage
hectarages
hectare
hectares
hectic
hectic flush
hectical
hectically
hectick
hecticly
hecticness
hectics (current term)
hectivities
hectivity
hecto-
hectoamp
hectoampere
hectoamperes
hectoamps
hectobecquerel
hectocotyli
hectocotylized
hectogon
hectogons
hectogram

Literary usage of Hectics

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

1. First Lines of the Practice of Physic by William Cullen (1808)
"... diarrhoea of hectics. Fresh subacid fruits, supposed to be always laxative, are often, ... of hectics, by their antiseptic quality, very useful. CHAP. ..."

2. A Treatise on Febrile Diseases: Including Intermitting, Remitting, and by Alexander Philips Wilson Philip (1804)
"Fresh subacid fruits, supposed " to be always laxative, are often in the " diarrhoea of hectics, by their antiseptic " quality, very useful. ..."

3. Elements of medicine by Samuel Henry Dickson (1859)
"The night-sweats, which tend to •weaken so excessively, patients in phthisis and other hectics, and which are often termed ..."

4. The works of William Cullen: containing his physiology, nosology, and first by William Cullen (1827)
"Fresh subacid fruits, supposed to be always laxative, are often, in the diarrhoea of hectics, by their antiseptic quality, very useful. ..."

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