HALLUCINATION
Hal*lu`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. hallucinatio cf. F. hallucination.]
1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. Addison.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion. Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond.
HALLUCINATOR
Hal*lu"ci*na`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations. N. Brit. Rev.
HALLUCINATORY
Hal*lu"ci*na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
HALLUX
Hal"lux, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. hallex, allex.] (Anat.)
Defn: The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.