Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artificial device used to replace a missing body part, such as a limb, tooth, eye, or heart valve.
- noun Replacement of a missing body part with such a device.
- noun Linguistics Prothesis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Addition; affixion; appendage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 . - noun (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in
be loved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine An artificial
replacement for a body part, either internal or external. - noun linguistics, prosody
prothesis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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It will take at least two or three years before scientists try to replicate the experiment with a more long-term prosthesis, the experts said.
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word prosthesis
JM knows that prosthesis is beloved.
May 11, 2011