raptus
1. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
• Syn:
ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation
• Derivationally related forms:
exalt (for: exaltation), transport (for: transport), rapturous (for: rapture), ecstatic (for: ecstasy)
• Hypernyms:
emotional state, spirit
2. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
- he suffered an epileptic seizure
• Syn:
seizure, ictus
• Derivationally related forms:
ictal (for: ictus)
• Hypernyms:
attack
• Hyponyms:
convulsion, focal seizure, raptus hemorrhagicus, absence, absence seizure
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