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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.
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Grace Huckins, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
Grace Huckins, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinosis
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Antipsychotic drugs are the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, although these medications come with serious side effects, and not all people with the condition respond well to them.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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The current edition, DSM-5-TR, contains more than 300 distinct mental disorders such as schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder and alcohol use disorder.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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But researchers worry that repeated, less dramatic blows, such as heading the ball, can also have long-term effects; there is evidence that players who regularly head the ball are at greater risk of dementia than those, such as goalkeepers, who do not.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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This included no meaningful excess of memory loss or dementia, depression, sleep disturbance, erectile dysfunction, weight gain, nausea, fatigue or headache.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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There is nothing compassionate about leaving someone suffering from psychosis or addiction to rot on a sidewalk.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Because everybody’s psychosis comes out in these pressure moments.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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For decades, those who have staffed Iran’s apparatus of repression have lived in a permanent state of paranoia.—
Omid Memarian,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hallucinosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinosis. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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