phantom:1
noun14th century{ds||1|a|}
- something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence : apparition
- something elusive or visionary
- an object of continual dread or abhorrence
phantom:2
adjective
phantom
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15th century{ds||1||}
- of the nature of, suggesting, or being a phantom : illusory
- fictitious, dummy
phantom limb
noun
phantom limb
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1871
- an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated —called also phantom pain
phantom pregnancy
noun
phantom pregnancy
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- a medical condition in which a woman believes that she is pregnant and can appear to be pregnant when she is not pregnant
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