PROSTHESIS


Meaning of PROSTHESIS in English

[pros.the.sis] n, pl -the.ses [NL, fr. Gk, addition, fr. prostithenai to add to, fr. pros- in addition to + tithenai to put--more at pros-, do] (ca. 1900): an artificial device to replace a missing part of the body

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