PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phantom limb syndrome mean? 

• PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. syndrome consisting of discomfort or pain in a limb that has been amputated

  Familiarity information: PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Syndrome consisting of discomfort or pain in a limb that has been amputated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("phantom limb syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)