Ic"tus (?), n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.]
1. Pros.
The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.
2. Med.
A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
© Webster 1913.
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