Taber's Medical Dictionary
Charles Bonnet syndrome
(sharl bo-nā′ )
[Charles Bonnet, Swiss scientist, 1720-1793]
Complex visual hallucinations typically experienced by older people with profound visual impairment, such as the loss of central visual acuity in macular degeneration.
SYN: SEE: release hallucination ;
SYN: SEE: visual release hallucination
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Charles Bonnet Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742160/0/Charles_Bonnet_syndrome.
Charles Bonnet syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742160/0/Charles_Bonnet_syndrome. Accessed April 19, 2026.
Charles Bonnet syndrome. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742160/0/Charles_Bonnet_syndrome
Charles Bonnet Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742160/0/Charles_Bonnet_syndrome.
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