单词 | ictus |
释义 | ictus/ˈɪktəs![]() noun (plural same or ictuses) 1 Prosody A rhythmical or metrical stress.His great authority, Cresollius, disapproved of orators using ‘ictus or musicall cadence of the fingers’ in free prose, ‘though it may be tollerable for the setting of the intervalls of restrained numbers.’...
2 Medicine A stroke or seizure; a fit.More typically ictal symptoms of depression are followed by alteration of consciousness as the ictus evolves from a simple to a complex partial seizure....
OriginEarly 18th century (denoting the beat of the pulse): from Latin, literally 'blow', from icere 'to strike'. Rhymes |
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