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ictusses

ictusses is the plural of ictus.

Meaning of ictus

Noun

ictus (plural ictus or ictuses or ictusses)

  1. The pulse.
  2. A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
  3. The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.
  4. In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.

Questions about ictusses

What is ictusses the plural of?
Ictusses is the plural of ictus.

Words near ictusses in the dictionary

  1. ictometers
  2. ICTR
  3. ICTs
  4. ictus
  5. ictuses
  6. ictusses
  7. ICTV
  8. ICTY
  9. ictūs
  10. ICU
  11. ICUs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ictusses (page history and authors); ictus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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