prosthetic
prosthetic Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to or denoting an artificial body part, such as a limb, joint, or tooth, designed to replace a missing or damaged natural one.
"The biomedical engineer designed a lightweight prosthetic leg tailored for long-distance runners."
In linguistics, relating to or formed by prosthesis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word).
"In Spanish, an initial prosthetic vowel is often added before consonant clusters starting with the letter s."
• noun
An artificial device that replaces a missing or injured part of the body, or a synthetic appliance used in theatrical makeup to alter a performer's facial features.
"The actor spent four hours in the makeup chair each morning having silicone prosthetics applied to his face."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin prostheticus and Ancient Greek prosthetikos ('adding or giving an addition'), from prostithenai ('to add to, put to'), combining pros ('toward, in addition to') and tithenai ('to put, place').
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