Ictus

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: Ä­kʹtÉ™s, IPA: /ˈɪktÉ™s/

• UK enPR: Ä­kʹtoÍžos, IPA: /ˈɪktuːs/

Origin

From the Latin ictus ("a blow"), from īcio ("I hit, strike, or smite”; “I stab or sting").

Full definition of ictus

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• cutis