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1. (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

2. (n.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

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Alexandrine Jacksonian epilepsy Rolandic epilepsy abdominal epilepsy accent accentuation access acquired epilepsy activated epilepsy affect epilepsy akinetic epilepsy amphibrach amphimacer anacrusis anapest antispast apoplexy arrest arsis attack autonomic epilepsy bacchius beat blockage cadence caesura cardiac epilepsy catalexis chloriamb chloriambus clonic spasm clonus colon convulsion cortical epilepsy counterpoint cramp cretic cursive epilepsy dactyl dactylic hexameter diaeresis dimeter dipody diurnal epilepsy dochmiac eclampsia elegiac elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter emphasis epilepsia epilepsia gravior epilepsia major epilepsia minor epilepsia mitior epilepsia nutans epilepsia tarda epilepsy epitasis epitrite falling sickness feminine caesura fit focal epilepsy foot frenzy grammatical accent grand mal grip haute mal heptameter heptapody heroic couplet hexameter hexapody hysterical epilepsy iamb iambic iambic pentameter intonation intonation pattern ionic jingle larval epilepsy laryngeal epilepsy laryngospasm latent epilepsy level of stress lilt lockjaw masculine caesura matutinal epilepsy measure menstrual epilepsy meter metrical accent metrical foot metrical group metrical unit metrics metron molossus mora movement musicogenic epilepsy myoclonous epilepsy nocturnal epilepsy numbers occlusion orgasm paeon paroxysm pentameter pentapody period petit mal physiologic epilepsy pitch accent primary stress proceleusmatic prosodics prosody psychic epilepsy psychomotor epilepsy pyrrhic quantity reflex epilepsy rhetorical accent rhythm rhythmic pattern rhythmical accent rhythmical stress rotatoria secondary stress seizure sensory epilepsy serial epilepsy sexual climax spasm spondee sprung rhythm stoppage stress stress accent stress arsis stress pattern stroke swing syzygy tardy epilepsy tertiary stress tetanus tetany tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme thesis throes thromboembolism thrombosis tone accent tonic epilepsy tonic spasm torsion spasm traumatic epilepsy tribrach trimeter tripody triseme trismus trochee ucinate epilepsy visitation weak stress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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