Rhythmical stress

• Stress
• Losing face, grimace in stress
• A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
• Rhythmic stress
• I'll get cut treated, the source of some stress
• Grimace when run's abandoned, having stress in foot
• Musical stress

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.)).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" [syn: seizure , raptus ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context rare English) (plural of ictus English)