visual hallucination

visual hallucination
a hallucination involving the sense of sight.

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  • visual hallucination —    Also referred to as vision. Both terms are indebted to the Latin noun visio, which means sight. They are used to denote a hallucination of sight. Historically, visual hallucinations have been divided into a multitude of types. Using their… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • visual hallucination — noun illusory visual perception • Hypernyms: ↑hallucination • Hyponyms: ↑chromatism, ↑pink elephants, ↑zoopsia …   Useful english dictionary

  • closed-eye visual hallucination —    see closed eye hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

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  • formed visual hallucination —    see formed hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • geometric visual hallucination —    see geometric hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • unformed visual hallucination —    see unformed hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • Hallucination — For other uses, see Hallucination (disambiguation). Hallucination Classification and external resources My eyes at the moment of the apparitions by August Natterer …   Wikipedia

  • hallucination — hallucinational, hallucinative /heuh looh seuh nay tiv, neuh tiv/, adj. /heuh looh seuh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to… …   Universalium

  • visual text hallucination —    A term used to denote a *visual hallucination consisting of written letters or words. When these letters or words convey an incentive or command, they are referred to as * visual command hallucinations. Visual text hallucinations can be… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

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