ictuses in English
noun
1
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
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.
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