Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prothesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prothesis \Proth"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a placing in public,
fr. ? to set before; ? before + ? to set, put.]
1. (Eccl.) A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or
Greek Church.
2. (Med.) See {Prosthesis}. --Dunglison.
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.
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