different between phantom vs phantosmia

English

Alternative forms

• fantom (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English fantom, fantum, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from ??????? (phantáz?, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fænt?m/

Noun

phantom (plural phantoms)

1. A ghost or apparition.
2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
3. (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
4. (medical imaging) A test object. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• ghost
• See also Thesaurus:ghost

Derived terms

• phantom limb
• phantom pain

Related terms

• fantasy

Translations

Adjective

phantom (not comparable)

1. Illusive.
2. Fictitious or nonexistent.

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Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “phantom”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Hampton

English

Etymology

• Blend of phantom (from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma)) and Ancient Greek ???? (osm?, “smell”).

Noun

phantosmia (countable and uncountable, plural phantosmias)

1. (pathology) A form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.
   • 1997, Allen M. Seiden, Taste and Smell Disorders, page 5,

     In addition, phantosmias or, in essence, olfactory hallucinations have been described in association with seizure activity, psychiatric illness, and Alzheimer's Disease.

   • 2005, B. N. Landis, T. Hummel, J.-S. Lacroix, Basic and Clinical Aspects of Olfaction, Nejat Akalan, Concezio Di Cuore Rocco, Vinko V. Dolenc, Rudolf Fahlbusch, J. Lobo Antunes, Marc Sindou, Nicolas De Tribolet, Cees A.F. Tulleken (editors), Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, Volume 30, page 86,

     Most often, phantosmias occur after trauma or URTI and consist of unpleasant odors occurring without being elicited through environmental odor sources.

   • 2009, Eric H. Holbrook, 10: Clinical Assessment and Management of Olfactory Disorders, Fred J. Stucker, Chris de Souza, Guy S. Kenyon, Timothy S. Lian, Wolfgang Draf, Bernhard Schick (editors), Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, page 116,

     Patients with phantosmia thought to be related to abnormal olfactory signal processing will often confirm a unilateral presentation to the distorted smell when asked.

Related terms

• anosmia
• cacosmia
• dysosmia
• euosmia
• hyperosmia
• hyposmia
• parosmia
• troposmia

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