HALLUCINATIONS

Noun

hallucinations

plural of hallucination

Source: Wiktionary


HALLUCINATION

Hal*lu`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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