01 a. 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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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.
Phrases & compounds
Hectic fever —
a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.