phantom tumor

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phantom tumor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phantom \Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF.
     fant[^o]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. fa`ntasma, fr. fai`nein to
     show. See Fancy, and cf. Pha["e]ton, Phantasm,
     Phase.]
     That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a
     specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal
     image.
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           Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope.
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           She was a phantom of delight.            --Wordsworth.
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     Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.
  
     Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the
        abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus,
        etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but
        disappearing upon the administration of an an[ae]sthetic.
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