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phantom limb

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phantom limb
n
(Medicine) the illusion that a limb still exists following its amputation, sometimes with pain (phantom limb pain)
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Noun1.phantom limb - the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated
illusion, semblance - an erroneous mental representation


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The ' pain' that people feel in their phantom limb or leg, Ramachandran explains, is due to a phenomenon which he dubs " learned paralysis".
They also found that the result was the same whether the subjects were looking at their actual hand or a mirror image-the latter using a technique previously used to reduce phantom limb pain in amputees.
 
 
 
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