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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun plural Things heard or received on authority and without further inquiry or explanation, as among the acousmatici or probationary disciples of Pythagoras.
  • noun A form of auditory hallucination.

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  • noun pathology Auditory hallucination

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  • noun illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds

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