Medical Dictionary

distortion

noun dis·tor·tion \dis-ˈtr-shən\

Medical Definition of DISTORTION

1
:  the censorship of unacceptable unconscious impulses so that they are unrecognizable to the ego in the manifest content of a dream
2
:  a lack of correspondence of size or intensity in an image resulting from defects in an optical system

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