prosthesis

pros·the·sis  (prs-thss)

n. pl. pros·the·ses (-sz)

1. An artificial device used to replace a missing body part, such as a limb, tooth, eye, or heart valve.

2. Replacement of a missing body part with such a device.

3. Linguistics Prothesis.

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[Greek, addition, from prostithenai, prosthe-, to add : pros-, pros- + tithenai, to put; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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prosthesis [pross-theess-iss, -seez]

Noun

pl -ses Surgery

a. the replacement of a missing body part with an artificial substitute

b. an artificial body part such as a limb, eye, or tooth [Greek: an addition]

prosthetic adj

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prosthesis  (prs-thss)

Plural prostheses (prs-thsz)

An artificial device used to replace a missing or defective body part, such as a limb or a heart valve.

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prosthetic adjective (prs-thtk)

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prosthesis - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body prosthetic device corrective, restorative - a device for treating injury or disease glass eye - prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass implant - a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue obturator - a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate) pegleg, wooden leg, peg, leg - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg