<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.</li><li>an event or scene so inserted.</li><li>Also called flashback hallucinosis:<ul><li>Psychiatry: the spontaneous recurrence of visual hallucinations or other effects of a drug, as LSD, long after the use of the drug has been discontinued.</li><li>recurrent and abnormally vivid recollection of a traumatic experience, as a battle, sometimes accompanied by hallucinations.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>