Associations to the word «Ictus»
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Wiktionary
ICTUS, noun. The pulse
ICTUS, noun. (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
ICTUS, noun. (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.
ICTUS, noun. (music) In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.
ICTŪS, noun. (rare) plural of ictus
Dictionary definition
ICTUS, noun. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure".
Wise words
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