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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pros•the•sis /prɑsˈθisɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ses - 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 © 2024pros•the•sis (pros thē′sis for 1; pros′thə sis for 2),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz for 1; -sēz′ for 2).USA pronunciation - Surgerya device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- 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
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