prosthesis

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
2. (countable, uncountable) Prothesis.

Concetti

protesi

sinonimi

artificial limb

prosthetic device

prothesis

permute

replacement

substitution

supersede

supplant

addition

replacement limb

displacement

dummy

Traduzioni

prothèse

prótesis

Prothese

prótese

prothese

pròtesi

protez

πρόσθεση

addition

prosthesis

kunstmatig lichaamsdeel

protèsi

anaplerose

adición

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”).