prosthetic

[ pros-thet-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis:
He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
of or relating to the fields of surgical or dental prosthetics:
advances in prosthetic technology.
of or relating to a substance, item, or process used to transform a person’s appearance temporarily, especially as a theatrical special effect:
The final scene required painstaking application of prosthetic hair and skin.

noun

an artificial body part; a prosthesis:
Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
an appearance-altering substance or item applied temporarily to a person’s face or body, especially to create a theatrical special effect:
Alien creatures are brought to life with realistic prosthetics.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prosthetic¹

1735–40; < Modern Latin prostheticus, from Hellenistic Greek ��ǲ��ٳ��پ��ó��, equivalent to ��ó��ٳ��(�ǲ�) “added on,” verbid of ��ǲ��پ��ٳ�е́�Բ�� “to add, put onto” ( pros- pros- ( def ). + the-, stem of �پ��ٳ�е́�Բ�� “to put, place” + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic ( def )

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Example Sentences

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We had this idea that her face would melt, and we worked with one of the best prosthetics companies in the world.

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We really felt that limb-different folks with prosthetics have been living with technology much longer than able-bodied people have been, and we have a lot to learn from them.

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It’s an impulse that goes back to his time in film school, where Saxon began crafting maquettes of characters, which turned into learning how to do stop-motion animation and eventually into making puppets and prosthetics.

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But I enjoy the blood, guts and prosthetics.

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Th clinic administers psychological help, reconstructive surgery and prosthetics to victims for free.

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prosthesis prosthetic dentistry

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