Definition of Prosthisis
||Pros"the*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;
an addition, fr. &?; to put to, to add; &?; to + &?; to put, place.]
1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body
of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or
an eye; -- called also prothesis.
2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more
letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A replacement for a missing part of the body.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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