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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinosis
Noun
  • Michel — who grew up in a hyper-religious family — had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and epilepsy as a teenager.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It’s linked to higher rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease, digestive disorders, autoimmune disease, dementia, depression, Parkinson’s, cancer—and, of course, insomnia.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The drug’s upcoming late-stage trial readout on Alzheimer’s psychosis is arguably even more important for long-term investors.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Doctors diagnosed him with psychosis, possibly drug induced.
    Coley Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Amid the paranoia of the Cold War, the eight-episode season (critics received five for review) has many eerie elements, including its parallels to the present day.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • From there, investigators, journalists, and suspects become entangled in a labyrinth of fear, obsession, and paranoia.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Hallucinosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinosis. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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