phantasm /phan·tasm/ (fan´tazm) an impression or image not evoked by actual stimuli, and usually recognized as false by the observer.
phantasm
phantom [fan´tom]
phan·tasm (f n tz  m)n. 1. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition. 2. An illusory mental image. |
phantasm
[fan′taz′əm]
Etymology: Gk, phantasma, vision
an illusory image, such as an optical illusion of something that does not exist. See also phantom vision.
phantom [fan´tom]
1. an image or impression not evoked by actual stimuli.
2. a model of the body or of a specific part thereof.
3. a device for simulating the in vivo effect of radiation on tissues.
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