What is "phantom limb"

n. (context pathology English) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.

n. the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated

A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached. Approximately 60 to 80% of individuals with an amputation experience phantom sensations in their amputated limb, and the majority of the sensations are painful. Phantom sensations may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, e.g. after amputation of the breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye ( phantom eye syndrome).

"Phantom Limb" is a song by American indie rock band The Shins, and is the fourth track on their third album Wincing the Night Away. The song was also released as the first single from that album in the United States on November 14, 2006 as a digital download and a week later on CD. On January 22, 2007, "Phantom Limb" was released as a single in the United Kingdom. This song was #75 on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

Songwriter and lead singer James Mercer described it as "a hypothetical, fictional account of a young, lesbian couple in high school dealing with the shitty small town they live in."

Phantom Limb is the fourth studio album by the band Pig Destroyer, released on June 12, 2007 in the United States and June 18 in the rest of the world. The album was released on CD and LP. Vocalist JR Hayes said the line up of 14 songs are "the most deranged metal songs we could come up with". The album cover art was done by John Baizley.

A phantom limb is the sensation by an amputee that an amputated or missing limb is still attached to the body.

Phantom Limb may also refer to:

• Phantom Limb (album), by Pig Destroyer
• Phantom Limb (band), from Bristol, England
• Phantom Limb (character), a fictional character in The Venture Bros. cartoon
• Phantom Limb (song), by The Shins
• Phantom Limb (song), by the Spanish youtuber and singer Yellow Mellow
• "Phantom Limb", a song by Alice In Chains from The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
• The Phantom Limbs, an American music band
• Phantom Limbs: Selected B-Sides, a compilation double album by Australian band Something for Kate

Phantom Limb are an English country/ soul band from Bristol, England.

The band was formed as a "christmas present" to themselves after recording material written in Rockfield Studios. The band has toured extensively and released two studio albums and one live album. The band members all work in the music industry as players, producers and writers. Although this is a point of interest for journalists, the band tend to not answer questions about their other work, stating "this band has to exist, we all have to eat but we also have to make music for the sake of making music and this is the real stuff."

Their self-titled debut was recorded at Rockfield Studios, produced and mixed by Robot Club, released in 2008. There was a four-year gap between this and the second album The Pines. Produced by Marc Ford and recorded at the Compound Studio in Long Beach, CA. On 17 January 2013 their record company, Munich Records, announced that Phantom Limb had split up. no details were given.

Yolanda has recently been working with Ginger Wildheart on songs which feature on his G.A.S.S. project.