Prosthesis
/pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external. countable, uncountable
- 2 corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body wordnet
- 3 Prothesis. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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.