PHANTASMATICAL
Phan`tas*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. phantasmaticus.]
Defn: Phantasmal. Dr. H. More.
PHANTASMATOGRAPHY
Phan*tas`ma*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.
PHANTASTIC; PHANTASTICAL
Phan*tas"tic, Phan*tas"tic*al, a.
Defn: See Fantastic.
PHANTASY
Phan"ta*sy, n.
Defn: See Fantasy, and Fancy.
PHANTOM
Phan"tom, n. Etym: [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantôme, fr.
L. phantasma, Gr. Fancy, and cf. Phaëton, Phantasm, Phase.]
Defn: That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. — Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic.