phantom

n. மாயம், பொய்த்தோற்றம், ஆவியுரு, பேயுருத்தோற்றம், புனைவுருத்தோற்றம், உள்ளீடற்ற உருத்தோற்றம், இல்பொருள் தோற்றம், பொருண்மையற்ற போலியுரு, போலித்தோற்றம்.

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Phan"tom, n. Etym: [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantôme, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. Fancy, and cf. Phaëton, Phantasm, Phase.] Defn: 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. -- 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 anæsthetic.

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