HECTIC FEVER
\hˈɛktɪk fˈiːvə], \hˈɛktɪk fˈiːvə], \h_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_k f_ˈiː_v_ə]\
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The name of a slow, continued, or remittent fever, which generally accompanies the end of organic affections, and has been esteemed idiopathic, although it is probably always symptomatic. It is the fever of irritation and debility; and is characterized by progressive emaciation, frequent pulse, hot skin,- especially of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet;- and, towards the end, colliquative sweats and diarrhoea. Being symptomatic, it can only be removed by getting rid of the original affection. This is generally difficult, and almost hopeless in the disease which it most commonly accompanies,-consumption.
By Robley Dunglison
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Daily recurring fever with profound sweating, chills, and flushed countenance ; associated with tuberculosis and septic poisoning.
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Mental dulness.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A type of f. associated with prolonged suppuration or some analogous condition. It is distinguished by intermissions and exacerbations, by excessive wasting of the tissues, and by exhausting sweats that attend the paroxysms. It is generally of long duration.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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[Gr.] Constitutional, long-continued, more or less intermittent ; often attending the termination of organic disease.
By Henry Percy Smith
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