ictus

ic·tus  (kts)

n. pl. ictus or ic·tus·es

1. Medicine A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure.

2. The accent that falls on a stressed syllable in a line of scanned verse.

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[Latin, stroke, from past participle of cere, to strike.]

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ictus [ˈɪktəs]

n pl -tuses, -tus

1. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody metrical or rhythmic stress in verse feet, as contrasted with the stress accent on words

2. (Medicine) Med a sudden attack or stroke

[from Latin icere to strike]

ictal  adj

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ictus

Medicine. 1. a stroke or beat, as the beat of the pulse. See also verse.
2. a paralytic stroke.

See also: Body, Human

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the stress or accent that indicates the rhythm of a verse or piece of music. See also music.

See also: Verse

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ictus - The beat of the pulse, based on the Latin word for "stroke."

See also related terms for pulse.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ictus - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" raptus, seizure attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" convulsion - violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles focal seizure - transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity raptus hemorrhagicus - seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage absence seizure, absence - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

Translations

ictus

n pl <ictuses or ictus> (Liter) → Iktus m, → Versakzent m

ictus [ˈɪktəs] n → ictus m inv