HECTIC

hectic. Hectic, a. habitual, continual, flow; n. a fever

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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. 1. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
2. 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.