prosthesis

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”).

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/

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prosthesis (countable and uncountable, plural prostheses)

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

   Hyponyms: hemiprosthesis, megaprosthesis

4. (linguistics, prosody) Prothesis.

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