Word Type

Noun

The word "prosthesis" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

attached to body doctor's office medical supply store prosthesis factory rehabilitation hospital veteran's hospital veterens hospital

Derived Terms

bioprosthesis endoprosthesis exoprosthesis keratoprosthesis neuroprosthesis orthoprosthesis

Context

linguistics medicine prosody

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

corrective restorative

Type Of (IsA)

artifical body part artifical limb artificial hand or leg corrective

Related Terms

prosthetic prosthetics prosthodontics prothesis

Related Terms

3d printing prosthetic prothesis replacement

Synonym Network

prothesis

Used For

allowing one to have better mobility being able to perform tasks bigger breasts bringing diabled people new mobility cosmetic purposes enlarging body parts functionally replace body part having there mobility people with missing body parts practical uses replace limb replace lost limb replace lost limbs replacement of missing limb replacing limb replacing missing limb restoring mobility to injured people walk better

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.