German

Noun

Prothese f ‎(genitive Prothese, plural Prothesen)

1. (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
2. (linguistics) prosthesis, prothesis (addition of a letter in the beginning of a word)

Declension

See als

• Prosthese
• Prosthesis

English

Noun

prothese ‎(plural protheses)

1. (archaic) An alternative form of prosthesis, artificial body part replacement

Anagrams

• reposeth

Dutch

Alternative forms

• prosthesis
• prothesis

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, English prothese and (now more common) prosthesis and French prothèse

Noun

prothese f ‎(plural prothesen or protheses, diminutive prothesetje n)

1. (literally) The act of artificially replacing a body part
2. (metonymically) A prosthesis, the artificial replacement for a body part
3. (linguistics) The additition of sound(s) at the beginning of a word after blurring of its semantics

Antonyms

• (linguistics): aphaeresis

Derived terms

• (by body part): heupprothese, tandprothese etc.

Related terms

• these
• thesis