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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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