A sensation experienced by someone who has had a limb amputated that the limb is still there.
幻肢感（指截肢者感到被截肢体依然存在的一种幻觉）
as modifierphantom limb pain
Example sentencesExamples
If in addition central pain processes are active, phantom pain is experienced in the phantom limb.
Five years ago I had my left leg amputated above the knee and ever since have experienced continuous phantom limb pain.
Soon after amputation, many amputees feel the presence of a phantom limb or a feel that there is a limb where there isn't.
The phenomenon may be analogous to phantom limb pain: although there is no observable tissue damage in the area of the reported pain, the central nervous system behaves ‘as if’ tissue damage were present.
Phantom limb pain, stump pain and phantom limb sensation describe the feelings of people who are missing a limb or part of a limb.
Definition of phantom limb in US English:
phantom limb
nounˈfæn(t)əm ˌlɪm
A sensation experienced by someone who has had a limb amputated that the limb is still there.
幻肢感（指截肢者感到被截肢体依然存在的一种幻觉）
as modifierphantom limb pain
Example sentencesExamples
Phantom limb pain, stump pain and phantom limb sensation describe the feelings of people who are missing a limb or part of a limb.
The phenomenon may be analogous to phantom limb pain: although there is no observable tissue damage in the area of the reported pain, the central nervous system behaves ‘as if’ tissue damage were present.
If in addition central pain processes are active, phantom pain is experienced in the phantom limb.
Soon after amputation, many amputees feel the presence of a phantom limb or a feel that there is a limb where there isn't.
Five years ago I had my left leg amputated above the knee and ever since have experienced continuous phantom limb pain.