visual hallucination

Examples

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• Thus, extracampine hallucinations complement visual hallucinations as part of the symptoms of dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease.

  Academic text (2002)

• The visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies typically involve people of normal size and configuration who do not communicate with the patient.

  Academic text (2002)

• I began experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations.

  Blog text (11)

• So, the toxic levels of the drug caused practically a malfunction in the brain, and it caused me to have both auditory and visual hallucinations.

  Blog text (30)

• Neurodegenerative disorders can be associated with visual hallucinations, particularly dementia with Lewy bodies; indeed, the presence of visual hallucinations constitutes one of the core diagnostic features of this disease.

  Academic text (2002)

• Note that epileptic patients who suffer from seizures in the temporal lobes have auditory or visual hallucinations, which they often interpret as mystical experiences.

  Academic text (2007)

• After her medication was adjusted, she started to experience visual hallucinations that made her see colorful shapes in her room.

• Patients with certain mental health conditions may suffer from visual hallucinations, where they perceive things that are not actually there.

• During his illness, he often confided in his family about the visual hallucinations he encountered while trying to sleep.

Synonyms

V

vision

vsvisual hallucination

848 3.8

A clear image in the mind of something not present

is an involuntary perception caused by a disorder, not a voluntary image

H

hallucination

vsvisual hallucination

140 7.5

A false experience in which you see or hear something not there

is limited to seeing and caused by a perception disorder

I

illusion

vsvisual hallucination

52 4.2

A magic trick that makes something look impossible

is an internal perception error from a disorder, not a staged trick

A

apparition

vsvisual hallucination

• Literature

19 8.9

A ghost that people see suddenly

is a disorder-caused seeing experience, not an actual supernatural being

P

phantasm

vsvisual hallucination

• Literature

4 9.9

A thing that seems real but is only in the mind, like a ghost

is a perception disorder causing someone to see unreal things

P

phantasma

vsvisual hallucination

• Literature

1 9.9

A ghost-like figure that seems real but is not

is a perception disorder that makes people see things not real

Antonyms

R

reality

∞ 1.4

The way things really are, not how we imagine or wish

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology