non-ictal hallucination

non-ictal hallucination
   The term non-ictal hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun ictus, which means blow or thrust. In biomedicine, the term ictus is used to denote a paroxysmal epileptic seizure. The term non-ictal hallucination is used to denote a hallucination that is not attributed to a seizure disorder. The term is used in opposition to *ictal hallucination.
   References
   Sowa, M.V., Pituck, S. (1989). Prolonged spontaneous complex visual hallucinations and illusions as ictal phenomena. Epilepsia, 30, 524-526.

Dictionary of Hallucinations. . 2010.

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