phantom limb pain
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈfæntəm lɪm peɪn/
- Specialized
:
dolor de miembro fantasma
- She learned to cope with phantom limb pain through therapy, which helped her understand the sensations coming from her missing leg.
- amputees with phantom limb pain
And yet many people who have amputated limbs report phantom limb pain.
- And yet many people who have amputated limbs report phantom limb pain.
- So I get my shots in the other arm and then the right arm starts to hurt because I have all this when people lose a limb, When people lose a limb, they have phantom limb pain.
- And so you may have heard of phantom limb pain in the past.
Examples
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Reported complications of the targeted reinnervation procedure include cellulitis, seroma, and transiently increased phantom limb pain.
Academic text (2014) -
ESCS has been used for several chronic painful conditions, including back pain, phantom-limb pain, peripheral vascular disease, and severe angina.
Academic text (1996) -
And so you may have heard of phantom limb pain in the past.
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Its phantom limb pain.
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A case report on a patient with phantom limb pain received TT recorded by a physician at the Pain Management Program, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston.
Academic text (2005) -
Even though I did feel like a person with phantom limb pain, checking my pocket for phantom text messages, I was eventually able to forget about it and just play uninterrupted.
Blog text (1) -
They come to see Roman Samiley with complaints of headaches, an old bullet wound that still burns, or phantom limb pain of an arm or leg long lost on the battlefield.
Blog text (26) -
Many amputees experience phantom limb pain, which can feel as though it comes from the limb that is no longer there.
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After losing his leg, John struggled with phantom limb pain that made him believe he could still feel his foot.
Synonyms
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6.1
A feeling of pain or other sensations in a missing limb
Antonyms
How Vivid
- Specialized
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7.2
- Specialized
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6.1
- Specialized
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'phantom' (illusory) + 'limb' (appendage) + 'pain' (sensation) yields pain that seems to come from a limb that is not actually present. This straightforward medical/physical composition is commonly expressed similarly across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Phantom limb pain uses phantom like the word 'ghost' and limb to mean an 'arm or leg'. Many people who lose a limb still feel pain where it was, as if a 'ghost limb' were hurting them, and that clear image is why the phrase describes this real sensation.