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prosthetic /prɒsˈθɛtɪk /adjective1Denoting an artificial body part, such as a limb, a heart, or a breast implant: she has learnt to walk again using prosthetic legs...- Although in development, there are currently no prosthetic tracheal substitutes.
- This patient, a 10 year old boy, had subaortic obstruction and had outgrown his original prosthetic aortic valve.
- Many prosthetic hands were simple clamps or hooks driven by cables attached to harnesses slung across the shoulders and back of the wearer.
1.1Denoting a material designed to alter a person’s physical appearance temporarily: an actor transformed by layers of prosthetic makeup 2 Linguistics Denoting a letter or syllable added at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escuela derived from Latin scola. noun1An artificial body part; a prosthesis: three charities working there make prosthetics and help amputees to walk...- Implants and prosthetics that substantially improve the user's quality of life were singled out for praise.
- The world's leading futurologists have predicted the death of television and the rise of virtual entertainment complexes, neural implants and prosthetics capable of changing our bodies and our minds.
- Golfers have a love-hate relationship with the maddening difficulty of their sport, and manufacturers will continue to employ the latest technologies to offer ever-more potent and subtle prosthetics.
1.1 (prosthetics) [treated as singular] The branch of surgery concerned with the making and fitting of artificial body parts.Most significantly, he has put money aside for potential advances in surgery and prosthetics that would improve his quality of life....- The material might ultimately replace titanium in prosthetics and bone repair surgery.
- Since 1999, he has been an independent consultant in prosthetics and orthotics and therefore may have a consulting relationship with any of the companies mentioned in this article.
1.2An artificial feature or piece of flexible material applied to a person’s face or body to change their appearance temporarily: he plays all the parts, using various wigs and prosthetics my prosthetic was made by a special effects makeup artist for The Walking Dead...- Once, he seemed more comfortable with prosthetics than actors.
- There were prosthetics, too - silicone pieces which go on the skin, which absorb the light.
- As for some of the strange casting choices, he states a belief that actors need not look like the recognizable people they are playing; as long as they have heart, the prosthetics department will do the rest.
Derivatives prosthetically /-ˈθɛtɪk(ə)li/ adverbOrigin Mid 18th century (in sense 2 of the adjective): via late Latin prostheticus from Greek prosthesis: see prosthesis, -ic. |