prosthetist
- noun
- /ˈprɑːsθətɪst/
- Specialized
- Each subject was fitted with a new prosthetic socket by an experienced prosthetist at the Long Beach VAMC STAMP clinic.
- an experienced prosthetist
- a certified prosthetist
- prosthetist to design
Examples
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The assessments of the clinician and prosthetist are based mostly on those two steady-state situations, as described in the introduction.
Academic text (1991) -
Such software would allow the prosthetist to visualize the stresses resulting from his or her design efforts.
Academic text (1996) -
Each foot fitting and alignment met with the approval of the subject, prosthetist, and clinic team.
Academic text (1990) -
The time required for training in the use of the systems was found to depend on the prosthetists' backgrounds.
Academic text (1992) -
Fifty-eight percent of the AFMA prosthetists had some prior computer experience, but 42 percent had none.
Academic text (1992) -
The inability of the prosthetist to control limb length minimizes the usefulness of these results.
Academic text (1991) -
Most prosthetists would make a new socket if a 10-mm or more thickness were needed.
Academic text (2001) -
The fit of each prosthesis was clinically optimized and reviewed by a team of three certified prosthetists.
Academic text (1995) -
In the outreach program conducted by PRS, 49 prosthetists and 118 patients in 32 institutions and prosthetics facilities actively participated.
Academic text (1992) -
The prosthetist helped the patient choose a comfortable and functional prosthetic limb.
How Experienced
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
prosthetist = prosthesis (transparent) = prosthesis + ist
Clearly formed from 'prosthesis' (artificial limb) with the agentive suffix '-ist', so a prosthetist is a person who makes or fits prostheses.
Etymology
The word prosthetist comes from prosthesis, a Greek word that means 'to place' or 'add'. A prosthetist fits and adjusts artificial arms or legs, so the origin explains why the word means a medical specialist who makes and fits replacement body parts.