Associations to the word «Ictus»

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

ICTUS, noun. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure".