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phantom limb
noun
- the illusion that a limb still exists following its amputation, sometimes with pain ( phantom limb pain )
Example Sentences
By the end of that year, the panel was monitoring 132 ongoing research projects, including studies on whether cannabis use affects antiretroviral therapy and how psilocybin helps people suffering from phantom limb pain.
A beloved piece of jewelry operates as a phantom limb or a dance partner; it’s constantly in conversation with the body through movement.
Neuropathic pain resulting from damage to the nervous system, such as stroke and phantom limb pain, often doesn't respond to available treatments and can significantly impair physical and emotional function and quality of life.
The fourth had so-called phantom limb pain after losing a leg.
“I compare ostalgie to the phenomenon of a phantom limb,” he says.
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