Hectic /(?)/

Hec·tic

Hectic

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.

Phrases & Compounds
Hectic fever
a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.

Hectic

n.
  1. Hectic fever. (Med.)
  2. A hectic flush.
    It is no living hue, but a strange hectic.