Meaning of HALLUCINATION

Pronunciation:			hu`loosu'neyshun
Matching Terms:			hallucinations
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		A false perception with no basis in reality; may be seen, heard or smelled.
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Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		aberration, agnosia, apparition, bamboozlement, befooling, block, blocking, bluffing, brainchild, bubble, calculated deception, chimera, circumvention, conning, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defrauding, delirium, delirium tremens, delusion, delusion of persecution, delusiveness, disorientation, dream, dupery, eidolon, enmeshment, ensnarement, entanglement, entrapment, fallaciousness, fallacy, falseness, fancy, fantasque, fantasy, fata morgana, fiction, figment, flight of ideas, flimflam, flimflammery, fond illusion, fooling, ghost, hallucinosis, hoodwinking, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, insubstantial image, invention, kidding, maggot, make-believe, mental block, mental confusion, mind-expansion, mirage, myth, nihilism, nihilistic delusion, outwitting, overreaching, paralogia, phantasm, phantom, psychological block, putting on, romance, self-deception, sick fancy, snow job, song and dance, spoofery, spoofing, subterfuge, swindling, thick-coming fancies, trickiness, tricking, trip, tripping, vapor, victimization, vision, whim, whimsy, wildest dreams, willful misconception, wishful thinking, wraith