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RAPTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Example:
listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture
Synonyms:
ecstasy; exaltation; rapture; raptus; transport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("raptus" is a kind of...):
emotional state; spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
Example:
he suffered an epileptic seizure
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("raptus" is a kind of...):
attack (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raptus"):
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)
