Delusion

A false judgment of objective things, as distinguished from illusion and hallucination. It is the result of an abnormal condition of the brain. A delusion may be systematized or unsystematized, the former being the more serious and met with in the chronically insane. delusional (de-lu' -zhun-al). Of ature of a delusion; characterized by delusions. D. Stupor. See Insanity , Confusional. demarcation (de-mar k-a' -shun). A line of separation, as between gan: grenous and healthy ti ue. atrophy of the brain substance, with a compensatory thickening of the brain-membranes, and an increase of the fluid of the brain and of the neuroglia.