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]