phantom limb
noun
: an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated
called also phantom pain
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Then, as the show progresses into new story lines and the rest of the cast tries to carry on without their key player, almost like a phantom limb, the audience feels a constant twinge that something is missing.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
Like many Russians, Putin has suffered from something like phantom limb syndrome ever since the Soviet Union collapsed.
—Calder Walton, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2023
By the end of that year, the panel was monitoring 132 ongoing research projects, including studies on whether cannabis use affects antiretroviral therapy and how psilocybin helps people suffering from phantom limb pain.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
With the system, the volunteer could clearly distinguish between rounded and sharp objects and felt the sensation coming directly from his phantom limb.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2018
Laura Hermann, an audiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore who wasn’t involved with the study, said the comparison to phantom limb syndrome was spot on.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
Doctors amputated his leg below the knee, but Lin experienced severe phantom limb pain that standard painkillers failed to control.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
Karin, whose last name remains undisclosed, endured years of phantom limb pain, and prosthetic limbs provided her little comfort.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
For a generation raised on the mythology of social mobility, the loss of optimism aches like a phantom limb.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
Like many Russians, Putin has suffered from something like phantom limb syndrome ever since the Soviet Union collapsed.
—Calder Walton, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2023
By the end of that year, the panel was monitoring 132 ongoing research projects, including studies on whether cannabis use affects antiretroviral therapy and how psilocybin helps people suffering from phantom limb pain.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
With the system, the volunteer could clearly distinguish between rounded and sharp objects and felt the sensation coming directly from his phantom limb.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2018
Laura Hermann, an audiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore who wasn’t involved with the study, said the comparison to phantom limb syndrome was spot on.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
Doctors amputated his leg below the knee, but Lin experienced severe phantom limb pain that standard painkillers failed to control.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
Karin, whose last name remains undisclosed, endured years of phantom limb pain, and prosthetic limbs provided her little comfort.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
For a generation raised on the mythology of social mobility, the loss of optimism aches like a phantom limb.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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“Phantom limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phantom%20limb. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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