HECTICS

Noun

hectics

plural of hectic

Anagrams

• chicest, schetic

Source: Wiktionary


HECTIC

Hec"tic, a. Etym: [F. hectique, Gr. 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.

Hec"tic, n.

1. (Med.)

Definition: Hectic fever.

2. A hectic flush. It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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