Hallucination

Hal*lu`ci*na"tion

(-n"shn), n. [L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.] 1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
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This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber.
Addison.
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2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.
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Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.
W. A. Hammond.
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