- hectic fever
- a fever that recurs each day, with profound sweating, chills, and facial flushing.
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hectic fever
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Hectic fever — Hectic 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. Habitual;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hectic fever — noun (old) Fever occurring in connection with certain wasting diseases of long duration, esp tuberculosis, typically producing a flush in the cheeks • • • Main Entry: ↑hectic * * * hectic fever, a fever often accompanying tuberculosis or other… … Useful english dictionary
HECTIC FEVER — a fever connected with consumption, and showing itself by a bright pink flush on the cheeks … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Hectic — 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. Habitual; constitutional;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hectic — Hec tic, n. 1. (Med.) Hectic fever. [1913 Webster] 2. A hectic flush. [1913 Webster] It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. Byron. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hectic — /ˈhɛktɪk / (say hektik) adjective 1. characterised by great excitement, passion, activity, confusion, haste: a hectic meeting; a hectic day. 2. marking a particular habit or condition of body, as the fever of phthisis (hectic fever) when this is… …
hectic — Synonyms and related words: agitated, at fever pitch, bloom, blooming, blowzed, blowzy, blush, blushing, boiling, boiling over, burning, burning with excitement, burnt, bustling, busy, calenture, chaotic, childbed fever, coloring, continued fever … Moby Thesaurus
fever — Synonyms and related words: abscess, agitation, ague, amok, anemia, animal heat, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, blood heat, bluster, bobbery, body heat, boil, boiling,… … Moby Thesaurus
hectic — Denoting a daily afternoon rise of temperature, accompanied by a flush on the cheeks, occurring in active tuberculosis and other infections; use of the term is based on the appearance of the temperature chart. [G. hektikos, habitual, h.,… … Medical dictionary
hectic — adj. & n. adj. 1 busy and confused; excited. 2 having a hectic fever; morbidly flushed. n. 1 a hectic fever or flush. 2 a patient suffering from this. Phrases and idioms: hectic fever (or flush) hist. a fever which accompanies consumption and… … Useful english dictionary
