Metalimb
Metalimb | |
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Wherecoined | Tumblr
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Status | Rarely used |
Community used by | Otherkin |
Synonyms | otherlimb, phantom limb |
A ''''metalimb'''' is a term coined by the tumblr otherkin community to replace the term phantom limb which is viewed by some individuals as appropriative of the experience of amputees. In actual fact, non-amputees are known to experience phantom limbs in a medical sense - this is termed supernumerary phantom limbs or pseudopolymelia. It is not generally used by the rest of the otherkin community.