phantom limb pain


nounPathology.
  1. a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.

Origin of phantom limb pain

1
First recorded in 1950–55

Words Nearby phantom limb pain

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