義肢 — meaning in English

English meaning

• prosthesis noun An artificial device that replaces a missing body part.
• prothesis noun The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).

Senses

義肢 is used for these senses in English:

• prosthesis (medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
• prothesis (phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).