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hal⋅lu⋅ci⋅na⋅tion
[huh-loo-suh-ney-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images. |
| 2. | the sensation caused by a hallucinatory condition or the object or scene visualized. |
| 3. | a false notion, belief, or impression; illusion; delusion. |
Origin:
1640–50; < L hallūcinātiōn- (s. of (h)allūcinātiō) a wandering of the mind. See hallucinate, -ion
1640–50; < L hallūcinātiōn- (s. of (h)allūcinātiō) a wandering of the mind. See hallucinate, -ion
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Language Translation for : Hallucination
| Spanish: | alucinación, | German: | die Halluzination, | Japanese: | 幻覚 |
| hal·lu·ci·na·tion
(hə-lōō'sə-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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| hallucination | |
noun | |
| 1. | illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder |
| 2. | a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination" [syn: delusion] |
| 3. | an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination" |
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hallucination
A false perception that appears to be real, as when, for example, a man dying of thirst in a desert thinks that he sees a lake. (See also delusion.)
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hallucination hal·lu·ci·na·tion (hə-l&oomacr;'sə-nā'shən)
n.
- False or distorted perception of objects or events with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or drug.
- The objects or events so perceived.
hal·lu'ci·nate' v.
hal·lu'ci·na'tion·al or hal·lu'ci·na'tive adj.
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Main Entry: hal·lu·ci·na·tion
Pronunciation: h&-"lüs-&n-'A-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : aperception of something (as a visual image or a sound) with no external cause usually arising from a disorder of the nervous system (as in delirium tremens or in functional psychosis without knownneurological disease) or in response to drugs (as LSD) —compare DELUSION 2,
2 : the object of an hallucinatory perception
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Hallucination
Hal*lu`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.]1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. --Addison. 2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion. Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. --W. A. Hammond.
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