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单词 prosthesis
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prosthesis

(prɒsθiːsɪs)
Word forms: plural prostheses
countable noun
A prosthesis is an artificial body part that is used to replace a natural part.
[medicine]
The woman whose leg had been amputated could get a prosthesis and learn to walk onit.

prosthesis in British English

(ˈprɒsθɪsɪs, prɒsˈθiːsɪs)
nounWord forms: plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
1.  surgery
a. 
the replacement of a missing bodily part with an artificial substitute
b. 
an artificial part such as a limb, eye, or tooth
2.  linguistics another word for prothesis
Derived forms
prosthetic (prɒsˈθɛtɪk)
adjective
prosthetically (prosˈthetically)
adverb
Word origin
C16: via Late Latin from Greek: an addition, from prostithenai to add, from pros- towards + tithenai to place

prosthesis in American English

(ˈprɑsθəsɪs; for 2, usually prɑsˈθisɪs)
noun
1.  var. of
prothesis (sense 1)
2. Word forms: plural ˈprosˈtheˌses (prɑsˈθiˌsiz) Medicine
a. 
the replacement of a missing part of the body, as a limb, eye, or tooth, by an artificialsubstitute
b. 
such a substitute
Word origin
LL < Gr prosthesis < prostithenai < pros, to, at + tithenai, to place, do1

Examples of 'prosthesis' in a sentence
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A passing soldier stopped to help, but Kiera got up herself, adjusting her prosthesis and picking her backpack up off the floor.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001)
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