Heroes Wiki:Ability name origination

Power Naming Conventions
The following sources are used for determining power names, in order:
1. Canon Sources	Episodes
2. Near-canon Sources	Heroes comics, Heroes Evolutions
3. Secondary Sources	Episode commentary, Interviews
4. Common names for abilities	Names from other works
5. Descriptions of abilities	Descriptions
6. Possessor's name	If no non-speculative description is possible

Name	Type of source	Reference
Adoptive muscle memory	Canon	The Line
Alchemy	Secondary	CBR BtE
Alejandro's ability	Possessor	None
Bliss and horror	Near-canonical Description	Text from It Takes a Village, Part 1
Clairvoyance	Descriptive	Based on purported ESP phenomenon
Cryokinesis	Descriptive	None
Dehydration	Descriptive	Based on descriptions in Golden Handshake
Dream manipulation	Descriptive	None
Electromagnetism	Descriptive	None
Electronic data transception	Descriptive	None
Empathic mimicry	Descriptive	Based on statement by Claude
Enhanced hearing	Descriptive	None
Enhanced memory	Descriptive	None
Enhanced speed	Descriptive	None
Enhanced strength	Descriptive	None
Flight	Canon
Healing	Canon description	Nathan asks "what do you know about healing?"
Illusion	Canon	Said by Candice in Kindred
Induced radioactivity	Canon	Genesis Files
Intuitive aptitude	Descriptive	None
Invisibility	Canon	Godsend
Lightning	Canon	Four Months Later...
Liquefaction	Descriptive	None
Maya's ability	Possessor	None
Mental manipulation	Descriptive	None
Omnilingualism	Descriptive	None
Persuasion	Secondary
Phasing	Canon	Future Hiro says "D.L. can phase inside the buildings." (Five Years Gone)
Plant growth	Descriptive	None
Precognition	Canon	Better Halves
Pyrokinesis	Descriptive	Based on parapsychology, films, comics, and television
Rapid cell regeneration	Canon	Genesis Files
Space-time manipulation	Canon	Hiro's comment in Genesis
Technopathy	Descriptive	Based on use in other works
Telekinesis	Canon	Unexpected
Telepathy	Canon	Mozaic file
Water mimicry	Near-canonical Description	Paraphrased from Team Building Exercise