ictus
Pronunciation
singular
  • (British) enPR: ĭkʹtəs, IPA: /ˈɪktəs/
plural
  • (British) enPR: ĭkʹto͞os, IPA: /ˈɪktuːs/
Noun

ictus (plural ictus)

  1. The pulse.
  2. (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
  3. (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.
  4. (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.



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