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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hectic \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hectic \Hec"tic\, n. 1. (Med.) Hectic fever. 2. A hectic flush. It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hectic adj : marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace" [syn: {feverish}]
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