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单词 prostheses
释义

prosthesis /prosˈthə-sis (esp linguistics) or pros-thēˈsis (esp medicine)/

noun (pl prostheses /-sēz/)
  1. The fitting of artificial parts to the body (medicine)
  2. Such an artificial part
  3. Prothesis, the addition of a sound or syllable to the beginning of a word, eg for ease of pronunciation (linguistics)
ORIGIN: Gr prosthesis, adj prosthetikos, from pros to, and thesis putting

prosthetic /-thetˈik/ adjective

  1. Relating to prosthesis
  2. Relating to a group or radical of different nature, such as a non-protein part of a protein molecule (chem)
noun

An artificial part of the body

prosthetˈics singular noun

The surgery or dentistry involved in supplying artificial parts to the body

prosˈthetist noun

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