hecticaladj.
/ˈhɛktɪkəl/ = hectic adj. (literal and figurative.)
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slowc1300
hectic1398
remitting1583
altern1594
hectical1614
hective1642
remittent1670
imputrid1684
intercurrent1684
aestuous1708
angiotenic1799
anabatic1811
masked1833
hyperpyretic1876
hyperpyrexial1896
hyperpyrexic1897
tularaemic1954
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > other fevers > affected with
hectical1614
hectic1665
1614 H. Wotton Let. 8 June in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 433 I will keep it from being hectical.
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 121 Hecticall, pestilentiall, or other feavers.
1766 J. Huxham in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 65 8 With the thin, tender, and hectical, it seldom agrees.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 568 The hectical symptoms precluded all hopes..from the trial of any other means.
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