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Hec"tic (?), a. [F. hectique, Gr. &unr_; habitual, consumptive, fr. &unr_; habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. &unr_; 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.
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2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.
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Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.
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Hec"tic, n. 1. (Med.) Hectic fever.
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2. A hectic flush.
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It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. Byron.
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