hallucinosis

[ huh-loo-suh-noh-sis ]

nounPsychiatry.
  1. a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.

Origin of hallucinosis

1
First recorded in 1900–05; hallucin(ation) + -osis

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British Dictionary definitions for hallucinosis

hallucinosis

/ (həˌluːsɪˈnəʊsɪs) /


noun
  1. psychiatry a mental disorder the symptom of which is hallucinations, commonly associated with the ingestion of alcohol or other drugs

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