HEC'TIC HEC'TICAL, adjective [Gr. habit of body, to have.] Habitual; denoting a slow, continual fever, marked by preternatural, though remitting heat, which precedes and accompanies the consumption or phthisis; as a hectic fever. 1. Affected with hectic fevers; as a hectic patient. 2. Troubled with a morbid heat. No hectic student scares the gentle maid. HEC'TIC, noun A hectic; or habitual fever.
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