prosthetistn.
/ˈprɒsθᵻtɪst/, U.S. /ˈprɑsθədəst/ Medicine.
A person who designs, makes, or fits prostheses.
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1896 H. H. Burchard in C. J. Essig Amer. Text-bk. Prosthetic Dentistry xi. 402 Some prosthetists employ for this purpose small squares of thin carbon-paper pressed against the plate; the tooth, rubbed against this, is marked at the points of contact.
1902 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) V. 513/2 Napoleon..certainly made many cripples and should be hailed as the patron saint of prosthetists.
1953 H. R. B. Fenn et al. Clin. Dental Prosthetics xix. 453 (caption) If this type of denture is to be successful it requires absolute accuracy on the part of both the prosthetist and the technician.
2003 New Yorker 13 Jan. 51 Mirones is a prosthetist—he makes artificial limbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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