1. plural of ictus: the rhythmic stress or beat in verse or music
Usage: literary; technical
2. plural of ictus: sudden attacks or seizures, especially strokes
Usage: medical

Examples

• The poet carefully marked the ictuses in each line of the sonnet.
• Musicians must feel the natural ictuses to maintain proper rhythm.
• The patient suffered multiple ictuses over the course of several months.
• Doctors monitored him closely after the series of minor ictuses.
• The metrical ictuses create the underlying pulse of the verse.
• Emergency responders are trained to recognize signs of cerebral ictuses.