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单词 prosthesis
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pros•the•sis /prɑsˈθisɪs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ses 
  1. Surgerya device that substitutes for or assists a missing or poorly functioning part of the body, as a limb.
pros•thet•ic /prɑsˈθɛtɪk/USA pronunciation  adj. See -thes-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pros•the•sis  (pros thēsis for 1; prosthə sis for 2),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses 
    (-sēz for 1; -sēz′ for 2).USA pronunciation 
  1. Surgerya device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  2. Phonetics[Gram., Prosody.]the addition of one or more sounds or syllables to a word or line of verse, esp. at the beginning.
  • Greek prósthesis a putting to, addition, equivalent. to prós to + thésis a placing; see thesis
  • Late Latin
  • 1545–55
pros•thet•ic  (pros thetik),USA pronunciation adj.  pros•theti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prosthesis /ˈprɒsθɪsɪs; prɒsˈθiːsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -ˌsiːz/)
  1. the replacement of a missing bodily part with an artificial substitute
  2. an artificial part such as a limb, eye, or tooth
  3. another word for prothesis
Etymology: 16th Century: via Late Latin from Greek: an addition, from prostithenai to add, from pros- towards + tithenai to place

prosthetic /prɒsˈθɛtɪk/ adj prosˈthetically adv
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