prosthesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce prosthesis in British English:
UK [prɒsˈθi:sɪs]
How to pronounce prosthesis in American English:
US [prɑsˈθisɪs]
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- Noun:
- corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
Word Origin
- prosthesis (n.)
- 1550s, "addition of a letter or syllable to a word," from Late Latin, from Greek prosthesis "addition," from prostithenai "add to," from pros "to" + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme). Meaning "artificial body part" is first recorded c. 1900, from earlier use to describe the medical art of making artificial limbs (1706), on notion of "that which is added to" the injured body.
Example
- 1. The first person known to have a prosthesis .
- 2. But she still hobbled on an imperfect prosthesis , and each activity left her in agony for days .
- 3. They found that the limiting factor determining an athlete 's top speed was how hard the foot or prosthesis hit the ground .
- 4. Because there was so little bone left , the prosthesis was hard to fit , and with her right leg also damaged , walking was intensely painful .
- 5. Skin is sensitive to being stretched-it can detect even small changes in direction and intensity-so bark is developing a device that stretches an amputee 's skin near the prosthesis in ways that provide feedback about the limb 's position and movement .