acouasm

acouasm
/euh kooh"az euhm, ak"ooh az'-/, n. Psychiatry.
a nonverbal auditory hallucination, as a ringing or hissing.
Also, acoasm, acousma.
[ < Gk ákou(sma) something heard (akous-, s. of akoúein to hear + -ma resultative n. suffix) + -asm as in ENTHUSIASM, ORGASM, etc.]

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