ictus

Examples

• All

• After the ictus, he struggled to regain feeling in his left side.

• He experienced a severe ictus that required immediate medical attention.

• is magnified over time following the ictus, that initial event.

  The Happy Road (1957)

• Conductors form a similar contract with the ensemble when we define where the ictus will occur, what dynamic is meant by a gesture of a specific size, and what is meant by a cue in a specific style.

  Academic text (2008)

• Its effects thus differ from those of iambic pentameter, where frequent metrical substitutions work against the dominant stress pattern and create a pleasing tension between ictus and stress.

  Academic text (2016)

• Tung et al. 28 also noted that troponemia occurred more frequently with poor-grade SAH, with a peak troponin occurring at day 1 of ictus and trending down afterward.

  Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

A

attack

vsictus

559 4.1

A sudden time when bad symptoms appear

is used for sudden disease occurrences often referring to named medical events

S

seizure

vsictus

• Specialized

190 5.5

A sudden attack that makes the body shake or lose awareness

is a broader term for sudden disease episodes beyond brain activity

S

stroke

vsictus

45 6.1

A sudden event that happens by chance, often bringing good luck

is specifically a sudden disease episode rather than a random occurrence

Antonyms

R

recovery

264 3.0

Getting better after illness or injury

R

remission

• Specialized

41 6.4

A time when disease symptoms become less or go away

Surface Forms

Etymology