vection

English

Etymology

From Latin vectio, from vehere, vectum (“to carry”).

Noun

vection (countable and uncountable, plural vections)

1. (obsolete) Transport.
2. (medicine, dated) The transference of the germs of disease from those who are sick to those who are well; infection.
3. (neurology) The illusion of self-motion.

   Synonyms: illusion of self-motion, self-motion illusion

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)