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phantom(dictionary)
phantom(medicine)
phantom 1, noun(dictionary)
phantom limb(medicine)
phantom corpuscle(medicine)
phantom 2, adjective(dictionary)
phantom aneurysm(medicine)
Phantom of the Opera, The(dictionary)
phantom pregnancy(medicine)

follicular antrum (medicine) and phantom (medicine)


follicular antrum (medicine)


follicular antrum
<physiology> The cavity of an ovarian follicle filled with liquor folliculi.


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