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Definition: Prosthesis |
ProsthesisNoun1. Corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prosthesis" was first used: 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Prosthesis \Pros"the*sis\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression an addition, from to put to, to add; to to put, place.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An artificial replacement of a part of the body. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Some types of prosthetics include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prosthesis."
Synonym: ProsthesisSynonym: prosthetic device (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Prosthesis |
| English words defined with "prosthesis": glass eye ♦ implant ♦ leg ♦ obturator ♦ peg, pegleg, prosthetic, Prothesis ♦ retainer ♦ wooden leg. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prosthesis": Bioprosthesis, Blood Vessel Prosthesis ♦ complete denture ♦ Dental Abutments, Dental Prosthesis Design, Dental Prosthesis Repair, Dental Prosthesis Retention, Dental Restoration Failure, Denture, Overlay, Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded ♦ Joint Instability ♦ Maxillofacial Prosthesis, Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation, Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive ♦ ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON, oral surgeo ♦ Prosthesis Design, Prosthesis Failure, Prosthesis Implantation, PROSTHETICS ASSISTANT, PROSTHETICS TECHNICIAN ♦ restoration technician ♦ Tooth, Artificial. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Artificial limbs : Front view of a standing man, showing prosthesis. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Artificial limbs] : [Amputee and prosthesis, Philipines, 1940s(?)]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This prosthesis has been experimentally implanted in more than 60 people. (references) | |
A prosthesis (artificial limb) and physical rehabilitation may be important parts of therapy. (references) | ||
One device, a neural prosthesis that allows rudimentary hand control, was recently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (references) | ||
Business | This standard applies to health care materials, diagnostic agents, contrast mediums, dental materials, prosthesis, orthoses, products for hygiene, laboratory kits, laboratory tests, medical instruments, apparatus, equipment, devices and accessories. (references) | |
Children | Afghanistan | There are reports that women, who needed prostheses or other aids to walk, virtually were homebound because they were unable to wear the burqa over the prosthesis or other aid. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Heather Mills McCartney | If you go onto my Web site or e-mail Heather@heathermills.org we can give you all the information where you can get this prosthesis. |
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| "Prosthesis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prosthesis" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "prosthesis": Blood Vessel Prosthesis ♦ Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation ♦ cochlear prosthesis ♦ Dental Prosthesis ♦ Dental Prosthesis Design ♦ Dental Prosthesis Repair ♦ Dental Prosthesis Retention ♦ Heart Valve Prosthesis ♦ Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ♦ Hip Prosthesis ♦ Joint Prosthesis ♦ Knee Prosthesis ♦ Mandibular Prosthesis ♦ Mandibular Prosthesis Implantation ♦ Maxillofacial Prosthesis ♦ Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation ♦ Ossicular Prosthesis ♦ Penile Prosthesis ♦ Periodontal Prosthesis ♦ Prosthesis Coloring ♦ Prosthesis Design ♦ Prosthesis Failure ♦ Prosthesis Fitting ♦ Prosthesis Implantation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "prosthesis": Prosthesis-Related, Prosthesis-Related Infections. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "prosthesis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | protezë (leg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جراحة ترقيعية, إضافة عضو كالرجل أو العين, أعضاء إصطناعية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | протеза (artificial limb, leg), представка (particle, prefix, preformative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 假肢. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | protéza (peg leg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | protese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prothese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | proteesi (artificial limb denture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prothèse dentaire, prothèse, pièce prothétique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prothese (artificial joint, artificial limb, set of dentures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρόθεση (intension, intent, intention, preposition, purpose, scope), τεχνητό όργανο, τεχνητό μέλος (prosthetic device). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תותבת (insertion), פרותז". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | protézis (denture, false teeth), végtagpótlás, műtag, műszerv, fogpótlás (prosthetic dentistry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protesi (prothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osthesispray prótese. (various references) protezã (brace, denture, plates). (various references) протеза, протезирование. (various references) proteza (braces, dentures). (various references) prótesis (prothesis). (various references) protes. (various references) protez (plate, prothesis, replacement), takma organ (prothesis), öntüreme, önses ilavesi (prothesis). (various references) протезування, протез, префікс (prefix). (various references) sự thay ghép, bộ phận giả. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | prosthesis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Prosthesis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paraesthesias, paresthesias, paresthesis, praestetis, Presthus, prostesis, prosthese, prosthetis, protheses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Expression | Similar | Related | Narrower | Broader |
| Artificial limbs | Prosthetics | Prosthesis | ||
| Biomedical materials | Prosthesis | |||
| Surgery | Prosthesis | |||
Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references. | ||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prosthesis" (pronounced prô'sthe"sus or prô'sthē"sus) |
| 4 | -e" s u s | preadolescence. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, proboscis, prognosis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis, versus. |
| 5 | -th ē" s u s | thesis. |
| 4 | -ē" s u s | amniocentesis, psychokinesis, rhesus. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis, versus. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: storeships. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: prothesis, storeship. | |
-2 letters: hipsters, hoisters, horsiest, hotpress, persists, prosiest, prossies, prosties, reposits, ripostes, shorties, sophists, strophes, triposes, trophies. | |
-3 letters: esprits, heriots, hipster, hissers, hoister, horstes, hosiers, hostess, ophites, persist, pissers, poisers, poshest, possets, posters, pothers, potsies, prestos, priests, prisses, prosses, prossie, prostie, reposit, reships, resists, respots, riposte, riposts, ropiest, rosiest, seisors, shortie, sisters. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: sophistries. | |
+2 letters: hyperostosis, photoresists, prosthetists, senatorships. | |
+3 letters: apostrophises, spinsterhoods, spirochetoses, spirochetosis. | |
+4 letters: inspectorships, phraseologists, postmastership, spectatorships, sporotrichoses. | |
+5 letters: legislatorships, postmasterships, psychohistories, spinthariscopes. | |
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