Author: Glossary
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Phantasmology
The study of dreams, phantoms, and spiritually derived apparitions.
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Phantasmagoria
A series of phantasms, deceptive illusions, either imagined or remembered from a dream.
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Phantasm
An optical illusion; an apparition, or illusion of something that does not exist
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Phanerosis
The process of becoming visible.
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Phanerogenic
Indicating a disease with a known cause.
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Phalloncus
A tumor or swelling on the penis.
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Phalloidin
A poisonous peptide from the mushroom Amanita phalloides. Ingestion of this can cause death from fulminant hepatic failure.
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Phallocrypsis
Contraction of the penis so that it is almost invisible.
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Phallocampsis
Painful downward curvature of the penis when erect.
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Phalen’s test
A maneuver used in the physical diagnosis of carpal tunnel symptoms. The patient is asked to flex the wrists while keeping the fingers extended, typically by placing the dorsa of the wrists together. The test is positive (suggestive of carpal tunnel syndrome) when wrist flexion produces numbness in the distribution of the median nerve. The…