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Webster 1913 Edition
Prosthesis
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Pros′the-sis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] an addition, fr. [GREEK] to put to, to add; [GREEK] to + [GREEK] to put, place.]
1.
(Surg.)
The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; – called also
prothesis
. 2.
(Gram.)
The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.