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prosthesis

/pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/

prosthesis noun: an artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

Noun

prosthesis (countable and uncountable, plural prostheses)

  1. An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
    • Gong believes the fiber-reinforced hydrogel could be used to create biomaterials, such as artificial organs and prostheses, able to endure everyday wear-and-tear.2017 July 16, Jenny Marc, Katy Scott, “Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025
  2. Prothesis.

prosthesis meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

prosthesis in Tamil

கூட்டுறுப்பு, செயற்கைஉறுப்புப் பொருத்தல்

prosthesis in Arabic

artificial replacement for a body part
بَدِيل اِصْطِنَاعِيّ badīl iṣṭināʕiyy, طَرَف اِصْطِنَاعِيّ ṭaraf iṣṭināʕiyy

prosthesis in Persian

artificial replacement for a body part
پروتز porotez, اندام مصنوعی andâm-e masnu'i

Examples of prosthesis in a sentence

  • It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
  • Labside prosthesis modification was required, necessitating a delay before final insertion.
  • The prosthesis was modified labside using a scanner and a CNC milling machine.

All 20 example sentences with prosthesis

Forms of prosthesis

pluralprostheses

Plural of prosthesis: prostheses

Origin of prosthesis

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “to add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -esis.

Words formed from prosthesis

Questions about prosthesis

What does prosthesis mean?
Prosthesis means an artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
What is prosthesis in Tamil?
Prosthesis in Tamil is கூட்டுறுப்பு, செயற்கைஉறுப்புப் பொருத்தல். See Prosthesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prosthesis?
Prosthesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce prosthesis?
Prosthesis is pronounced /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/.
What is the plural of prosthesis?
The plural of prosthesis is prostheses.

Words near prosthesis in the dictionary

  1. prosthaphæresis
  2. prostheca
  3. prosthecate
  4. prosthenic
  5. prostheses
  6. prosthesis
  7. prosthetic
  8. prosthetic group
  9. prosthetic groups
  10. prosthetically
  11. prosthetician

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prosthesis (page history and authors); prosthesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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