heautoscopy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑαυτοῦ (heautoû, “itself”) + -scopy.
Noun[edit]
heautoscopy (uncountable)
- A hallucination in which one sees one's own body from a distance.
- Heautoscopy may occur as a symptom in schizophrenia and epilepsy.