hallucination

  • 111somatic hallucination —    Also known as somatosensory hallucination. Both terms are indebted to the Greek noun soma, which means body. They are used to denote a hallucination that mimics feelings from inside the body, such as sensations in the belly or the limbs.… …

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  • 112telepathic hallucination —    The term telepathic hallucination is indebted to the term telepathy, which in turn stems from the Greek words tèle (far, distant), and pathe (occurrence or feeling). The term telepathy was introduced in or shortly before 1882 by the British… …

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  • 113bodily hallucination —    Also known as body sensation hallucination. Both terms are used interchangeably as umbrella terms for the notions of * tactile hallucination and * somatic hallucination. In other words, both terms refer to a hallucination experienced in the… …

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  • 114coincidental hallucination —    The term coincidental hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun coincidentia, which means simultaneous occurrence. It used to denote a type of hallucination that is believed to coincide in a meaningful way with an actual event taking place… …

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  • 115complete hallucination —    A term used to denote a hallucination fulfilling all the formal characteristics of * hallucinations proper, in the sense that it perfectly mimics a regular sense perception. The French psychiatrist Pierre Lelong conceptualizes complete… …

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  • 116epidemic hallucination —    Also known as popular hallucination and mass hallucinosis. All three terms are used to denote a hallucination shared by a relatively large number of people, who typically believe the content of the hallucination in question to be veridical or… …

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  • 117extracampine hallucination —    The term extracampine hallucination is indebted to the Latin words extra (outside) and campaneus (field). It was introduced in or shortly before 1903 by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857 1939) to denote a hallucination that is… …

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  • 118extrinsic olfactory hallucination —    The term extrinsic olfactory hallucination is indebted to the Latin words extrinsecus (outside), and ol(e)facere (to smell). It was introduced in or shortly before 1971 by the Canadian neurologist William E.M. Pryse Phillips to denote an… …

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  • 119functional hallucination —    Historically the term functional hallucination has had a variety of meanings and connotations. The German expression funktionelle Hallucination was introduced in or shortly before 1866 by the German psychiatrist Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum (1828… …

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  • 120ganglionic hallucination —    The term ganglionic hallucination is indebted to the Greek noun gagglion (i.e. ganglion), which refers to a collection of nerve cells acting as a centre of neurotransmission. It was introduced by the 19th century French dream researcher… …

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