prosthesis
14
6.0
- noun
- /prɒsˈθiːsɪs/
- Specialized
:
prótesis
- After her accident, she received a bionic prosthesis that allowed her to walk again.
- ankle-foot prosthesis
- foot prosthesis
- knee prosthesis
He needed to change his prostheses, a new pair of prostheses.
- He needed to change his prostheses, a new pair of prostheses.
- Shouldn't we allow Paralympic swimmers to wear prosthesis?
- Krishna Shenoy was a giant in this field of motor prosthesis.
- And so after, you know, years, years of like the, the progression of technology and a lot of prosthesis places were turning me down.
Examples
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Day 15, Session 1: With the prosthesis in place after 2 weeks of adaptation.
Academic text (2011) -
Day 8: With the prosthesis in place after 1 week of adaptation.
Academic text (2011) -
- It's a new prosthesis for her foot.
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With a prosthesis, several have returned to duty."
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Have you ever considered a prosthesis that would make you look a little more normal?
Fiction book (1994) -
That woman should wear a prosthesis.
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Uh, have you been using the prosthesis?
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She had a mastectomy and she has this prosthesis as as compensation for the loss of her breast.
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He needed to change his prostheses, a new pair of prostheses.
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Sensors in his arm transformed electrochemical impulses into electrical signals that the prosthesis could manipulate.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
365
5.6
A device that doctors put into the body to replace or support a body part
15
4.6
An artificial device that replaces a missing body part such as a leg
1
4.1
A man-made part that replaces a missing body part, for example a leg or a tooth
1
3.7
A small metal piece placed in the jaw to hold a new artificial tooth
Compounds
- Specialized
An artificial tube put in the body to replace a damaged blood vessel and restore blood flow
How Permanent
- Specialized
22
3.7
- Specialized
365
5.6
- Specialized
14
6.0
- Specialized
1
4.0
- Specialized
64
7.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prosthesis comes from Greek and literally means 'an addition', from the parts pros- 'toward' and tithenai 'to place'. So a prosthesis is something 'added' or placed on the body to replace a missing part like a leg, tooth, or eye.