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prosthetics en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pɹəsˈθɛtɪks/
  • /pɹɒsˈθɛtɪks/

Etymology

By surface analysis, prosth- + -etic + -s.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Branch of medicine that deals with the artificial replacement of missing body parts.
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of prosthetic
    form of prosthetic

Deriveds

neuroprosthetics

Translations (3)

nl prothesiologie (branch of medicine) · es prótesis (branch of medicine) · de Prothetik (branch of medicine)