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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It is now recognized as a chronic disease in which repeated acute pain events transform the nervous system in ways that echo other conditions such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and phantom limb pain. —

Emily Sohn, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for phantom limb