单词	phantom limb
释义	phantom limb noun : an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated called also phantom pain Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Students are not the only ones who have come to see devices as a sort of reliable phantom limb. WIRED, 9 Sep. 2022 The study’s authors suggest that the device could be implanted in people during a surgery that already involves a specific nerve, such as an amputation, which often results in an excruciating condition called phantom limb pain. Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 July 2022 Running easily is like my phantom limb—its ghost haunts me and itches in my brain. Outside Online, 20 June 2022 Often what happens is the worst of both worlds: Their presence weirdly endures in the form of immense physical and emotional anguish, impossible to ignore, like a kind of phantom limb. Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 The trouble is that Mainline Protestantism is more like a phantom limb than a budding branch. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 16 July 2021 This phantom limb creates a pleasurable uncertainty about where the building ends. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021 So far, these patients have described the sensation of their phantom limb in various ways, said Carty. Gideon Gil, STAT, 16 Sep. 2021 Around that same time, neurologist Vilayanur Ramachandran was exploring this kind of phenomenon with amputees who experience phantom limb pain. Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1871, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition phantom limb noun : an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated called also phantom pain, phantom sensations
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