Recurring metrical beat

• Metrical beat
• Rhythmic stress
• Losing face, grimace in stress
• A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
• I'll get cut treated, the source of some stress
• Musical stress

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ictus may refer to:

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verse stress, 1752, from Latin ictus "a blow, stroke, thrust," of voices "a beat, impulse, stress," from icere "to strike, hit," related to iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the pulse 2 (context medicine English) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. 3 (context prosody English) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare ...