percept

percept definition - medical

per·cept (pûrˈsĕptˌ)

noun
  1. The object of perception.
  2. A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts.
  3. In clinical psychology, a single unit of perceptual report, such as one of the responses to an inkblot in the Rorschach test.

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