"phantom pain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phantom pains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} phantom pain (countable and uncountable, plural phantom pains)
  1. (medicine, pathology) A sensation of pain coming from a part of the body that has been amputated, or in which the nerves have been destroyed. Wikipedia link: phantom pain Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Amputation, Medicine, Pain, Pathology Synonyms: pseudaesthesia Translations (sensation of pain coming from a part of the body that has been amputated): 幻肢痛 (huànzhītòng) (Chinese Mandarin), fantomová bolest [feminine] (Czech), fantoompijn [feminine] (Dutch), aavekipu (Finnish), fantomisärky (Finnish), douleur fantôme [feminine] (French), dor pantasma [feminine] (Galician), Phantomschmerz [masculine] (German), fantomfájdalom (Hungarian), draugaverkur [masculine] (Icelandic), pian bhréige [feminine] (Irish), 幻肢痛 (genshitsū) (alt: げんしつう) (Japanese), 환상 통증 (hwansang tongjeung) (Korean), ból fantomowy [masculine] (Polish), фанто́мная боль (fantómnaja bolʹ) [feminine] (Russian), при́зрачная боль (prízračnaja bolʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fantomsmärta [common-gender] (Swedish)

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