Definition for
hectic
– Habitual; marking a particular habit or condition of body: applied to fever of the form presented in phthisis, characterized by marked diurnal remissions and exacerbations, and accompanied with flushed cheeks, hot skin, and emaciation.
– Pertaining to or affected with such fever; feverish; consumptive: as, a hectic flush.
noun – A hectic fever; a wasting away, attended by heightened color.
noun – A hectic flush.
noun – Hectic fever.
noun – A hectic flush.
adjective – Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption
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