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phantom (medicine)


phantom


That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. "Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise." (Pope) "She was a phantom of delight." (Wordsworth) Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.

<medicine> Phantom tumour, a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc, simulating an actual tumour in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anaesthetic.

Origin: OE. Fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. Fantome, fr. L. Phantasma, Gr, fr. To show. See Fancy, and cf. Phaeton, Phantasm, Phase.

Source: Websters Dictionary


reptilian (iou)



reptilian adjective & noun. M19.
[from REPTILIA + -IAN.]
A. adjective.
Resembling a reptile; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the class Reptilia or a reptile. M19.
I. McEwan Tourists..moved along..in reptilian slow motion.
Mean, malignant, contemptible, underhand. M19.
G. Greene The American racketeer, quick and cold and reptilian.
b. noun. = REPTILE noun1 1. rare. M19.