Delusion: Do not confuse this word with hallucination or illusion. A false belief or wrong judgment, sometimes associated with hallucinations, held with conviction despite evidence to the contrary. [L. de-ludo, pp. -lusus, to play false, deceive, fr. ludo, to play]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Delusion: False personal beliefs held contrary to reality, despite contradictory evidence and common sense.
Source: Diseases Database
Delusion: false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.
Source: CRISP
Delusion: A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.
Source: MeSH 2007
Source: Diseases Database
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Delusion into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: Diseases Database
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