phantom limb
noun
: an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated
called also phantom pain
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In other words, a person’s prosthetic limb could potentially be brought into close alignment with their phantom limb.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The movements of his prostheses and his phantom limbs are out of synch.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
How much could the animal sense its phantom limb or prosthesis?
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
It is now recognized as a chronic disease in which repeated acute pain events transform the nervous system in ways that echo other conditions such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and phantom limb pain.
—Emily Sohn, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The movements of his prostheses and his phantom limbs are out of synch.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
How much could the animal sense its phantom limb or prosthesis?
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
It is now recognized as a chronic disease in which repeated acute pain events transform the nervous system in ways that echo other conditions such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and phantom limb pain.
—Emily Sohn, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Phantom limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phantom%20limb. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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