a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices
Word origin
[1900–05; prosthet(ics) + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, clone, decompression, elder statesman, internship-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, apologist, dramatist, novelist, socialist
Examples of 'prosthetist' in a sentence
prosthetist
This study reports prosthetist and patient feedback data from trials of the pin-lock version of these liners.
Ana Gallego, Joe McCarthy, Michael McGrath, Alan Kercher, Saeed Zahedi, David Moser 2018, 'PATIENT TRIAL EVALUATION OF A PERFORATED, PIN-LOCK PROSTHETIC LINER FOR SWEAT MANAGEMENT',Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journalhttps://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/32011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)