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Webster 1913 Edition

Prosthesis

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Pros′the-sis

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] an addition, fr. [GREEK] to put to, to add; [GREEK] to + [GREEK] to put, place.]

1.

(Surg.)

The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; – called also

prothesis

.

2.

(Gram.)

The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prosthesis

PROS'THESIS

Definition 2024

prosthesis

prosthesis

English

Noun

prosthesis ‎(plural prostheses)

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
(linguistics, prosody) prothesis

Synonyms

(linguistics): prothesis

Related terms

Translations

artificial replacement for a body part

Armenian: պրոթեզ (hy) ‎(protʿez)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 義肢 (zh), 义肢 (zh) ‎(yìzhī), 假肢 (zh) ‎(jiǎzhī)
Czech: protéza (cs) f
Dutch: prothese (nl)
Esperanto: proteziko
Finnish: proteesi (fi)
French: prothèse (fr) f
Galician: prótese (gl)
Georgian: პროთეზი ‎(ṗrotezi)
German: Prothese (de) f
Greek: πρόσθεση (el) f ‎(prósthesi)

Italian: protesi (it) f
Japanese: 義肢 (ja) ‎(ぎし, gishi)
Persian: اندامسازی
Polish: proteza (pl) f
Portuguese: prótese (pt) f
Romanian: proteză (ro) f, proteze f pl
Russian: проте́з (ru) m ‎(protɛ́z)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: протеза f

Roman: proteza (sh) f
Spanish: prótesis (es) f
Swedish: protes (sv)

prothesis — see prothesis

Anagrams

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