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Definition: Prosthetist |
ProsthetistNoun1. An expert in prosthetics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Provides care to patients with partial or total absence of limb by planning fabrication of, writing specifications for, and fitting prosthesis under guidance of and in consultation with physician: Assists physician in formulation of prescription. Examines and evaluates patient's prosthetic needs in relation to disease entity and functional loss. Formulates design of prosthesis and selects materials and components. Makes casts, measurements, and model modifications. Performs fitting, including static and dynamic alignments. Evaluates prosthesis on patient and makes adjustments to assure fit, function, comfort, and quality. Instructs patient in prosthesis use. Maintains patient records. May supervise PROSTHETICS ASSISTANTS (medical ser.) 078.361-026 and other personnel. May supervise laboratory activities relating to development of prosthesis. May lecture and demonstrate to colleagues and other professionals concerned with practice of prosthetics. May participate in research. May also perform functions of ORTHOTIST (medical ser.) 078.261-018. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Prosthetist |
| Specialty definitions using "prosthetist": ARCH-SUPPORT TECHNICIAN ♦ ORTHOTIST ♦ PROSTHETICS ASSISTANT, PROSTHETICS TECHNICIAN ♦ restoration technician. (references) |
| "Prosthetist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prosthetist" is used about 5 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% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
prosthetist | 10 |
ocular prosthetist | 5 |
certified prosthetist | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "prosthetist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Ukrainian | протезист. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "prosthetist": prosthetists. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: prothesis, sportiest, spottiest, storeship, theorists. | |
-3 letters: hipsters, hoisters, horsiest, hotpress, posttest, pottiest, prosiest, prosties, protests, protists, reposits, ripostes, shortest, shorties, spitters, spotters, spottier, strettos, strophes, theorist, thorites, tipsters, triposes, trophies. | |
-4 letters: esprits, heriots, hipster, hitters, hoister, horstes, hosiers, hottest, ophites, persist, pettish, poisers, poshest, posters, pothers, potsies, potters, pottier, potties, prestos, priests, prossie. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: prosthetists. | |
+2 letters: orthopterists. | |
+4 letters: streptothricins. | |
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