Results for phantom

Definitions of phantom:

A manikin. An illusive vision.

1. A specter, a phantasm. 2. A model of a part of the body; especially a model of the female pelvis used in demonstrating the process of childbirth and in practising the manipulations employed in a case of labor.

Usage examples for phantom:

• Horrible dreams awoke him every instant, and yet he never wholly awoke, one phantom constantly supplanted the other in his agitated brain. "The Slaves of the Padishah", Mór Jókai

• This phantom of the terror- stricken brain, More closely viewed will vanish into air. "The Maid of Orleans A Tragedy", Frederich Schiller

• Is this a phantom or a dream? "Robert Browning", Edward Dowden