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protese — meaning in English

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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

protese 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).