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polyopic heautoscopy — The term polyopic heautoscopy comes from the Greek words polus (much, many), opsis (seeing), heautou ( of oneself ), and skopeô (I am looking at). It translates loosely as seeing [something of] oneself in multiple images . The term is used to… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
polyopic — adjective see polyopia … Useful english dictionary
heautoscopy — Also written as héautoscopy. Both terms stem from the Greek words heautou ( of oneself ) and skopeô (I am looking at). They translate loosely as seeing oneself or seeing [something] of oneself . In the older literature heau toscopy is also… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
autoscopic hallucination — Also referred to as external autoscopic hallucination, specular hallucination, mirror hallucination, deuteroscopic hallucination, and visual phantom double. The expression autoscopic hallucination can be traced to the Greek words autos (self)… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
autoscopy — The term autoscopy comes from the Greek words autos (self) and skopeô (I am looking at). It translates roughly as seeing oneself and is used to denote the act of perceiving a hallucinated mirror image of oneself, viewed from the position of… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
deuteroscopic hallucination — The term deuteroscopic hallucination is indebted to the Greek words deuteros (second) and skopeo (I am looking at). In 19th century medicine it was used as a synonym for *autoscopic hallucination. The French physician and psychologist Paul… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
heterosexual heautoscopy — A term used to denote a variant of heautoscopy in which more than one double or doppelgänger is perceived, of both sexes. In 2006 the Swiss neurologists Peter Brugger et al. reported a case of heterosexual heautoscopy in a 41 year old man who… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
multiplication — The term multiplication comes from the Latin verb multiplicare, which means to multiply or to duplicate. It is used to denote the presence of multiple identical images in * visual hallucinations. Multiplication is a characteristic feature of a … Dictionary of Hallucinations
polyopia — Also known as polyopsia. Both terms stem from the Greek words polus (much, many) and opsis (seeing). They refer to the perception of an image that repeats itself within the visual field. The ensuing coexistence of various similar images within … Dictionary of Hallucinations
polyopia — n. multiple vision. ♦ polyopic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
