A medical condition where someone experiences persistent hallucinations (usually auditory) without delusions or other major psychiatric symptoms.
From Latin hallucinari combined with the Greek medical suffix -osis meaning 'condition, state, or disease.' This creates a precise clinical term for a specific type of hallucination experience.
Alcoholic hallucinosis is the most common form—someone withdrawing from heavy alcohol use might hear voices but still know they're not real, which distinguishes it from conditions where someone believes the hallucinations are actually happening.
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