phantom limb

English

Noun

phantom limb (plural phantom limbs)

1. (pathology) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.
   • 2013, “Phantom Limb”, performed by Alice in Chains:

     Weak or pulverized
     No better medicine
     Angels have been advised
     Don't want no requiem
     I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb

Synonyms

• phantom pain
• phantom sensations
• pseudesthesia

Translations

false sensation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幻肢 (zh) (huànzhī)

• Czech: fantomová končetina f
• Finnish: aaveraaja
• French: membre fantôme (fr) m
• German: Phantomglied n
• Japanese: 幻影肢 (ja) (げんえいし, gen'eishi), 幻肢 (ja) (genshi)
• Polish: kończyna fantomowa f
• Russian: фанто́мная коне́чность f (fantómnaja konéčnostʹ), при́зрачная коне́чность f (prízračnaja konéčnostʹ)

See also

• paresthesia