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metamorphopsia — The term metamorphopsia comes from the Greek words metamorphoun (to change the form) and opsis (seeing). It translates roughly as seeing an altered form . It is not clear who introduced the term, but it appears in a medical lexicon as early as … Dictionary of Hallucinations
palinacusis — Also known as palinacousis and auditory perseveration. The term palinacusis comes from the Greek words palin (again) and akouein (to hear). It refers to a rare symptom involving the persistence or paroxysmal recurrence of auditory percepts,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
somatoparaphrenia — Also known as personification anosognosia. The term somatoparaphrenia comes from the Greek words soma (body), para (next to, in addition), and phrèn (nerve, diaphragm, heart). It was introduced in or shortly before 1942 by the Austrian… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Referred itch — An diagram showing the connected points between stimulus and itch. Mitempfindung, or referred itch, is the phenomenon in which a stimulus applied in one region of the body is felt as an itch or irritation in a different part of the body. The… … Wikipedia
Macrophage-activation syndrome — (MAS) is a severe, potentially life threatening, complication of several chronic rheumatic diseases of childhood. It occurs most commonly with systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA), which is also known as Still s disease. In… … Wikipedia
Genital schistosomiasis — is an infection of the genitals. Manifestations of genital schistosomiasis mucosal findings in womenMucosal grainy sandy patches seem to be pathognomonic for S. haematobium infection in the female genitals [1,2] . S. haematobium infection… … Wikipedia
abdominal aura — Also known as visceral aura and epigastric aura. The term abdominal aura is indebted to the Latin words abdomen (belly) and aura (wind, smell). It is used to denote a type of * somatosensory or *somaesthetic aura that typically manifests… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
altruistic hallucination — The term altruistic hallucination is indebted to the French noun altruisme, coined by the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798 1857), which translates to unselfishness. The term hallucination altruiste was introduced in or shortly before… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Alzheimer's disease and hallucinations — Alzheimer s disease is also known as senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT). Both eponyms refer to the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer (1864 1915), who in 1906 was the first to present post mortem histological findings associated… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
amaurosis fugax and visual hallucinations — The noun amaurosis is Greek for darkening or loss of vision; the adjective fugax comes from the Latin noun fuga, or flight. The term amau rosis fugax translates loosely as transient blindness. It is used to denote a sudden, painless, temporary … Dictionary of Hallucinations
