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- Dictionaryictus/ˈɪktəs/
noun
- 1. a rhythmical or metrical stress.
- 2. a stroke or seizure; a fit.
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: a beat or pulsation especially of the heart.
ictus. [ik´tus] (pl. ic´tus) (L.) a seizure, stroke, blow, or sudden attack. adj., adj ic´tal. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
1. (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. [C18: from Latin icere to strike] ˈictal adj.
1. Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress. 2. Pathology. a. an epileptic seizure.
n. a stroke or any sudden attack, such as a subarachnoid haemorrhage. The term is often used for an epileptic seizure, stressing the suddenness of its onset.
a stroke, especially a cerebrovascular accident. ictus. / ˈɪktəs / noun. prosody metrical or rhythmic stress in verse feet, as contrasted with the stress accent on words. med a sudden attack or stroke.
Ictus definition: The accent that falls on a stressed syllable in a line of scanned verse.
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. convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations.
Definition of ictus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun ictus mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun ictus. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. ictus has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. anatomy (early 1700s) physiology (early 1700s) prosody (mid 1700s) pathology (1890s) Entry status.
