hallucinosis

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Recent Examples of hallucinosis Boes was working with a patient who had a rare disorder called peduncular hallucinosis, in which damage to the thalamus, a structure at the center of the brain, causes visual hallucinations. Grace Huckins, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
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Noun
  • She was born in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of a man with schizophrenia who, in 1983, decapitated a 76-year-old woman.
    Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Aaron Esposito Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Six months later, the FDA approved the first new drug for schizophrenia in 30 years, Cobenfy.
    Alice Park, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Older adults whose cholesterol levels change over time might be tied to a greater risk of dementia, according to a new study.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • That pollution comes from many sources, including fossil fuel combustion and wildfire smoke, and has been linked to health risks, including a higher risk of cardiovascular problems and earlier onset of dementia.
    Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As an additional important benefit, when the Islamic world sees that Hamas has lost its hold on the Strip and that the nightmare of Hamas has been replaced with a new reality of peace and prosperity, the suicidal psychosis of radical Islam will suffer a crushing blow.
    David Friedman, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike Celeste, and unlike Howard Roark in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, who stood for the artist’s right to individual integrity, Toth’s psychosis derives from a pessimistic view of history.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In particular, thrillers that have elements of paranoia.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Under house arrest, Mary stoked the fires of Elizabeth’s paranoia.
    Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Hallucinosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinosis. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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