'Ictus' definitions:
Definition of 'ictus'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Ictus'
From: GCIDE
- Ictus \Ic"tus\, n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.]
- 1. (Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ictus'
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- abdominal epilepsy,
- accent,
- accentuation,
- access,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- affect epilepsy,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- Alexandrine,
- amphibrach,
- amphimacer,
- anacrusis,
- anapest,
- antispast,
- apoplexy,
- arrest,
- arsis,
- attack,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- bacchius,
- beat,
- blockage,
- cadence,
- caesura,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- catalexis,
- chloriamb,
- chloriambus,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- colon,
- convulsion,
- cortical epilepsy,
- counterpoint,
- cramp,
- cretic,
- cursive epilepsy,
- dactyl,
- dactylic hexameter,
- diaeresis,
- dimeter,
- dipody,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- dochmiac,
- eclampsia,
- elegiac,
- elegiac couplet,
- elegiac pentameter,
- emphasis,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- epitasis,
- epitrite,
- falling sickness,
- feminine caesura,
- fit,
- focal epilepsy,
- foot,
- frenzy,
- grammatical accent,
- grand mal,
- grip,
- haute mal,
- heptameter,
- heptapody,
- heroic couplet,
- hexameter,
- hexapody,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- iamb,
- iambic,
- iambic pentameter,
- intonation,
- intonation pattern,
- ionic,
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- jingle,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- level of stress,
- lilt,
- lockjaw,
- masculine caesura,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- measure,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- meter,
- metrical accent,
- metrical foot,
- metrical group,
- metrical unit,
- metrics,
- metron,
- molossus,
- mora,
- movement,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- numbers,
- occlusion,
- orgasm,
- paeon,
- paroxysm,
- pentameter,
- pentapody,
- period,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- pitch accent,
- primary stress,
- proceleusmatic,
- prosodics,
- prosody,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- pyrrhic,
- quantity,
- reflex epilepsy,
- rhetorical accent,
- rhythm,
- rhythmic pattern,
- rhythmical accent,
- rhythmical stress,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- rotatoria,
- secondary stress,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- serial epilepsy,
- sexual climax,
- spasm,
- spondee,
- sprung rhythm,
- stoppage,
- stress,
- stress accent,
- stress arsis,
- stress pattern,
- stroke,
- swing,
- syzygy,
- tardy epilepsy,
- tertiary stress,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- tetrameter,
- tetrapody,
- tetraseme,
- thesis,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tone accent,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- tribrach,
- trimeter,
- tripody,
- triseme,
- trismus,
- trochee,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- visitation,
- weak stress