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• 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 — /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 — hec|tic [ˈhektık] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: etique, from Greek hektikos done as a habit, suffering from tuberculosis , from exis state of body or mind ] 1.) very busy or full of activity ▪ I ve had a pretty hectic day. ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• hectic — adjective 1》 full of incessant or frantic activity. 2》 Medicine, archaic affected by or denoting a recurrent fever typically accompanying tuberculosis, with flushed cheeks and hot, dry skin. noun Medicine, archaic a hectic fever or flush.… …   English new terms 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 [[t]ˈhɛk tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) characterized by confused or hurried activity 2) pat of or designating a fevered condition, as in tuberculosis, attended by flushed cheeks, hot skin, and emaciation 3) pat affected with such fever; consumptive 4) …   From formal English to slang

• Flush — (1) A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A flush is usually temporary and brought on by excitement, exercise, fever, or embarrassment. Flushing is an involuntary (uncontrollable) response of the nervous system leading to… …   Medical dictionary

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