Glossary P

Glossary P

Phallus is a term used to refer to the penis as a symbol of power and aggression.

Phantogeusia means experience of a phantom or hallucinatory taste.

In psychology, the term 'phantom' is often used to refer to the experience of sensation or perception in a body part that has been amputated or lost. This phenomenon is known as phantom sensation or phantom limb sensation.

Phantom limb is defined as the illusory sensation that a limb still exists after it is lost through accident or amputation; the continuing sensation of an amputated body part. Phantom limb, moreover refers to a person’s continued perception of a limb, such as an arm or a leg, even though that limb has been amputated.

Phantom limb pain is a feeling of pain in a non-existent limb; the experience of chronic pain in an absent body part

Phantosmia is the experience of a phantom or hallucinatory smell.

Pharmaceutical diversion refers to the process by which legitimately-manufactured controlled substances are diverted for illicit u

Pharmacodynamics is the branch of Pharmacology which is concenred with the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action