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Definition: PROTHESIS |
PROTHESISNoun1. See Prosthesis. 2. A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Temple | Chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PROTHESIS |
| English words defined with "PROTHESIS": Prothetic. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Four Belgian(?) soldiers, each wearing a prothesis on his arm, working in a machine shop at Institute de Port Villez, Belgium. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
prothesis | 29 |
breast prothesis | 14 |
finger prothesis | 6 |
hip prothesis | 5 |
gold in krowns prothesis tooth | 4 |
penile prothesis specialist | 3 |
penile prothesis expert | 3 |
dental prothesis | 3 |
penile prothesis | 3 |
leg prothesis | 3 |
mastectomy prothesis | 2 |
knee prothesis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PROTHESIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | provisorisk protese (interim denture, interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), midlertidig protese (interim denture, interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), kugleventilprotese (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), kugleventil (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), keratoprotese (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), interimsprotese (interim denture, interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), immediatprotese (immediate prothesis), hornhindeprotese (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), Hennings ansigtsprotese (Henning prothesis), Haerting protese (Haering prothesis), cornea-protese (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), cornea-pachometer (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), biokompatibel protese (bio-compatible prothesis), armprotese (arm prothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tijdelijke prothese (interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), noodprothese (interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), kunstarm (arm prothesis), keratoprothese (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), interimprothese (interim denture, interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), immediaatprothese (immediate prothesis), biocompatibele prothese (bio-compatible prothesis), ball-cage-klep (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), balkooiklep (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prothèse provisoire (interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), prothèse métallique (metal prothesis, wire prosthesis), prothèse immédiate (immediate prothesis), prothèse faciale de Henning (Henning prothesis), prothèse de Haering (Haering prothesis), prothèse cornéenne (corneal prothesis), prothèse biocompatible (bio-compatible prothesis), valve bille (ball-valve prothesis), surface polymère pour prothèse (polymeric surface for prothesis), bras artificiel (arm prothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Polymer-Oberfläche bei Prothesen (polymeric surface for prothesis), Kugelventilprothese (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), Kugelventilklappe (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), Keratoprothese (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), Interimsprothese (interim denture, interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), Immediatprothese (immediate prothesis), Hornhautprothese (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), Henning Prothese (Henning prothesis), Häring Prothese (Haering prothesis), Exarmprothese (arm prothesis), caged ball-Klappe (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), biokompatible Prothese (bio-compatible prothesis), Behelfsprothese (interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), Behelfsglied (interim prothesis, provisional prothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κερατοπρόθεσις (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), πρόθεση κερατοειδούς (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), πρόθεση η οποία τοποθετείται αμέσως μετά την αφαίρεση των δοντιών (immediate prothesis), πρόθεση του Henning (Henning prothesis), πρόθεση του Haering (Haering prothesis), προσωρινή πρόθεσις (interim prothesis, provisional prothesis), πλαστική σφαιρική βαλβίς (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), τεχνητό χέρι (arm prothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protesi (prosthesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | othesispray prótese imediata (immediate prothesis), prótese facial de Henning (Henning prothesis), prótese de Haering (Haering prothesis), prótese da córnea (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), prótese corneana (corneal prothesis, keratoprosthesis), braço artificial (arm prothesis). (various references) prótesis (prosthesis), próstesis (prosthesis). (various references) tillägg av en förstavelse. (various references) protez (plate, prosthesis, replacement), takma organ (prosthesis), önses ilavesi (prosthesis). (various references) жертовник (credence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: storeship. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: hipsters, hoisters, horsiest, hotpress, prosiest, prosties, reposits, ripostes, shorties, strophes, triposes, trophies. | |
-2 letters: esprits, heriots, hipster, hoister, horstes, hosiers, ophites, persist, poisers, poshest, posters, pothers, potsies, prestos, priests, prossie, prostie, reposit, reships, respots, riposte, riposts, ropiest, rosiest, shortie, sophies, sophist, sopites, sorites, sorties, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stopers, stories, stripes, strophe, thorpes, trioses. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: prosthesis, storeships. | |
+2 letters: dystrophies, editorships, epistrophes, hotpressing, mentorships, orthoepists, photoresist, priesthoods, prosthetics, prosthetist, rectorships, senatorship, shoplifters, sophistries, spirochetes. | |
+3 letters: antistrophes, apostrophise, atmospherics, cataphoresis, coppersmiths, hyperbolists, hyperostosis, lithospheres, misanthropes, orthopedists, phosphorites, photoresists, praetorships, prehistories, prosthetists, senatorships, spinsterhood, spirochaetes, upholsteries, xerophytisms. | |
+4 letters: apostrophised, apostrophises, apostrophizes, arthroscopies, attorneyships, chemotropisms, directorships, executorships, heliotropisms, heterospories, housepainters, hypertensions, inspectorship, iontophoreses, iontophoresis, lithotripsies, metamorphisms, metamorphosis, misanthropies, nephrologists, orthopterists, phraseologist, phrenologists, prehistorians, psychometrics, psychometries, pyrotechnists, relationships, rhinoplasties, spectatorship, spinsterhoods, spirochetoses, spirochetosis, stenographies, stereophonies, stratospheric, stylographies, triphosphates. | |
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