Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hectic \Hec"tic\, a. [F. hectique, Gr. ? habitual, consumptive,
   fr. ? habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. ? to have; akin to
   Skr. sah to overpower, endure; cf. AS. sige, sigor, victory,
   G. sieg, Goth. sigis. Cf. {Scheme}.]
   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.