prosthetic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌpɹɒsˈθɛtɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
From New Latin prostheticus, from Ancient Greek προσθετικός (prosthetikós, “adding; repletive; giving additional power”), from πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -etic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.
Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
2010, Tyson E. Lewis, Richard Kahn, Education Out of Bounds, page 1:prosthetic leg/arm
- (not-comparable) Prothetic.
Deriveds
neuroprosthetic · preprosthetic · prostheticist · megaprosthetic · postprosthetic · nonprosthetic · prosthetic group · periprosthetic · interprosthetic · subprosthetic · endoprosthetic · transprosthetic · bioprosthetic · keratoprosthetic · prosthetically · exoprosthetic · retroprosthetic
Translations (17)
ru протезный (artificial) · io prostezala (artificial) · cs protetický (artificial) · pl protetyczny (artificial) · el προσθετικός (artificial) · it prostetico (artificial) · fr prosthétique (artificial) · nl prothetisch (artificial) · es postizo (artificial) · fr artificielle (artificial) · de prothetisch (artificial) · fr artificiel (artificial) · ca protètic (artificial) · es protésico (artificial) · es pegadizo (artificial) · fi teko- (artificial) · it prostetico (artificial)