WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
phan′tom limb′ pain′, [Pathol.]
  1. Psychiatry, Pathologya 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. Also called pseudesthesia. 
  • 1950–55

'phantom limb pain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
phantom limb - pseudesthesia

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