Prosthesis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prosthesis \Pros"the*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an addition, fr. ?
     to put to, to add; ? to + ? to put, place.]
     1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial
        part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye;
        -- called also {prothesis}.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the
        beginning of a word, as in beloved.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prosthesis
       n : corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the
           body [syn: {prosthetic device}]
       [also: {prostheses} (pl)]