RAPTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raptus mean? 

• RAPTUS (noun)
  The noun RAPTUS has 2 senses:

1. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

2. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

  Familiarity information: RAPTUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ictus; raptus; seizure

Context example:

he suffered an epileptic seizure

Hypernyms ("raptus" is a kind of...):

attack (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raptus"):

convulsion (violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles)

focal seizure (transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity)

raptus hemorrhagicus (seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage)

absence; absence seizure (the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ecstasy; exaltation; rapture; raptus; transport

Context example:

listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture

Hypernyms ("raptus" is a kind of...):

emotional state; spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection))