- tactile hallucination
- a hallucination involving the sense of touch.
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tactile hallucination
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tactile 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… … 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 of touch — see tactile hallucination … Dictionary of Hallucinations
tactile phantasma — A term used in the older (i.e. pre esquirolian) literature to denote what is now commonly called a * tactile hallucination. References Müller, J. (1826). Ueber die phantastischen Gesichtserscheinungen. Koblenz: Hölscher … Dictionary of Hallucinations
hallucination — [ a(l)lysinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1660; lat. hallucinatio 1 ♦ Méd. Perception pathologique de faits, d objets qui n existent pas, de sensations en l absence de tout stimulus extérieur. ⇒ illusion, onirisme, rêve. Hallucinations visuelles (⇒ mirage,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
hallucination — The apparent, often strong subjective perception of an object or event when no such stimulus or situation is present; may be visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, or … Medical dictionary
hallucination — n. a false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory (of taste), or olfactory (of smell). They may be provoked by mental illness (such as schizophrenia or severe anxiety… … The new mediacal dictionary
genital hallucination — The term genital hallucination comes from the Latin adjective genitalis, which means fertile, intended for procreation. It is used to denote a hallucination affecting the reproductive organs of the male or female, i.e. the penis, testes,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
somatic hallucination — Also known as somatosensory hallucination. Both terms are indebted to the Greek noun soma, which means body. They are used to denote a hallucination that mimics feelings from inside the body, such as sensations in the belly or the limbs.… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
bodily hallucination — Also known as body sensation hallucination. Both terms are used interchangeably as umbrella terms for the notions of * tactile hallucination and * somatic hallucination. In other words, both terms refer to a hallucination experienced in the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
