Prosthesis

//pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body wordnet
  3. 3
    Prothesis. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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prosthetic deviceprothesis

Example

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"I want to say: "Thanks for the trip to Afghanistan and for my prosthesis!""

Etymology

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -esis.

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