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hallucinosis

American  
[huh-loo-suh-noh-sis] / həˌlu səˈnoʊ sɪs /

noun

Psychiatry.

  1. a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.

hallucinosis British  
/ həˌluːsɪˈnəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. psychiatry a mental disorder the symptom of which is hallucinations, commonly associated with the ingestion of alcohol or other drugs

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Etymology

Origin of hallucinosis

First recorded in 1900–05; hallucin(ation) + -osis

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The correlation is suggestive with the probably auditory hallucinosis.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

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