Library / English Dictionary

ICTUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

Example:

he suffered an epileptic seizure

Synonyms:

ictus; raptus; seizure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ictus" is a kind of...):

attack (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ictus"):

convulsion (violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles)

focal seizure (transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity)

raptus hemorrhagicus (seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage)

absence; absence seizure (the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy)

Derivation:

ictal (of or relating to a seizure or convulsion)

Credits