hec·tic /ˈhɛktɪk/
(a.)臉上發紅,發熱的,消耗熱的,肺病的臉紅,消耗熱患者
hec·tic /ˈhɛktɪk/ 形容詞
消耗性的,癆病的,潮熱的
Hec·tic a.
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. Hectic fever.
2. A hectic flush.
It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. --Byron.
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hectic
adj : marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
feverish pace" [syn: feverish]