prostheticsn.
/prɒsˈθɛtɪks/, /prəsˈθɛtɪks/, U.S. /prɑsˈθɛdɪks/ The design, manufacture, and fitting of artificial substitutes for missing or defective parts of the body; a branch of dentistry, surgery, or medical technology dealing with this. Cf. prosthodontics n.
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prosthesis1706
prothesis1707
autoprothesis1881
prosthetics1894
1894 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. Prosthetics, the branch of surgery that deals with prosthesis.
1904 Lancet 20 Aug. 565/1 M. Sébileau therefore asked M. Deler, instructor in prosthetics at the Dental School, to make a special pattern of the larynx.
1911 G. H. Wilson Man. Dental Prosthetics Pref. This book has been written in response to the oft-repeated request by teachers and members of the dental profession for a concise modern text-book on Dental Prosthetics.
1944 Lancet 5 Feb. 201/2 Representatives of the Allied Nations have been invited to the ceremony and will be shown recent developments in limb surgery and prosthetics.
1963 New Scientist 28 Nov. 525 Here is only one more instance of a remarkable flowering of techniques..ranging from prosthetics to chromosomal manipulations, which have tremendous potential for good.
2001 Wired July 90/3 Worldwide, prosthetics and orthotics (the making of braces) have become a $2 billion industry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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