prosthetic

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.
2. (not-comparable) Prothetic.

Noun

1. An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.
2. An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.

Conceptes

artificial

irreal

Sinònims

artificial

artificially

bogus

ersatz

fake

fictive

man-made

mock

ostensive

pinchbeck

prefixal

prothetic

reparative

replenishment

stagy

Traduccions

prosthétique

artificiel

artificielle

künstlich

prothetisch

مُتَصَنَّع

unwirklich

irreal

artifiziell

Revision und Vervollständigung

Revision und Erweiterung

επίπλαστος

τεχνητός

unecht

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From New Latin prostheticus, from Ancient Greek προσθετικός (prosthetikós, “adding; repletive; giving additional power”), from πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”).