Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prosthesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prosthesis \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prosthesis
n : corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the
body [syn: {prosthetic device}]
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