See Also: Capgras' phenomenon(medicine)
Capgras(medicine)
capgras syndrome(medicine)
Capgras' syndrome(medicine)
leg phenomenon(medicine)
dip phenomenon(medicine)
Phenomenon(medicine)
gap phenomenon(medicine)
hip phenomenon(medicine)
all-or-nothing phenomenon(medicine)

rufous (iou) and Capgras' phenomenon (medicine)


rufous (iou)



rufous adjective & noun. L18.
[from Latin rufus red, reddish + -OUS.]
A. adjective. Reddish-brown; rust-coloured. L18.
rufous hornero, rufous scrub-bird, rufous whistler, etc.
b. noun.
A reddish-brown colour. L18.
Either of two reddish-brown moths, the geometrid Coenocalpe lapidata (more fully slender-striped rufous), and the noctuid Coenobia rufa (more fully small rufous). M19.

Capgras' phenomenon (medicine)


Capgras' phenomenon -->
Capgras' syndrome
<syndrome> The delusional belief that a person (or persons) close to the schizophrenic patient has been substituted for by one or more impostors; may have an organic aetiology.

Synonym: Capgras' phenomenon, illusion of doubles.