hallucination

  • 81negative hallucination —    Also known as scotomization. Both terms are used to denote the failure to perceive an object or stimulus that is present in the extracorporeal world and lies within the subject s range of perception. The term negative hallucination is used in… …

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  • 82sexual hallucination —    Also known as erotic hallucination. The term sexual hallucination is used in a general sense to denote a type of hallucination that is sexually charged, such as a * visual hallucination depicting an alluring man or woman, a * verbal auditory… …

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  • 83true hallucination —    The term true hallucination has a variety of meanings and connotations. First, it is used to remove any possible doubt concerning the status of a given percept as a hallucination. In this context, the term is used by the French psychiatrist… …

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  • 84benign hallucination —    Also referred to as non morbid hallucination. The term benign hallucination is indebted to the Latin words bene (good) and gignere (to entail, to bring forth). It was introduced in 1960 by the American psychiatrist Gordon For rer to denote a… …

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  • 85obsessional hallucination —    The French term hallucination obsédante,which translates as obsessional hallucination, was introduced in or shortly before 1895 by the French psychiatrist Louis Jules Ernest Séglas (1856 1939) to denote a * hallucination proper accompanied by… …

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  • 86psychotic hallucination —    The term psychotic hallucination is indebted to the medical Latin term * psychosis, which in turn stems from the Greek noun psuchosis (the giving of life, the process of animating). It is used to denote a hallucination which is attributable to …

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  • 87psychotic-like hallucination —    The term psychotic like hallucination is indebted to the medical Latin term * psychosis, which in turn stems from the Greek noun psuchosis (the giving of life, the process of animating). It is used more or less interchangeably with terms such… …

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  • 88tactile hallucination —    Also known as tactile phantasma, haptic hallucination, touch hallucination, and hallucination of touch. The term tactile hallucination is indebted to the Latin verb tangere, which means to touch. It refers to a bodily sensation seemingly… …

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  • 89visual verbal hallucination —    Also known as logopsia, graphic hallucination, graphic speech hallucination, and visual speech hallucination. The French term hallucination verbale visuelle (i.e. visual verbal hallucination) was introduced in or shortly before 1888 by the… …

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  • 90complex hallucination —    A term used to denote a phenomenologically rich and often well organized type of hallucination that is confined to a single sensory modality. Theoretically, complex hallucinations may present in any of the sensory modalities. It is customary,… …

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