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

prosthetically adverb

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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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He continues to visit the the Bristol 3D Medical Centre where he has just been given facial prosthetics.

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“In a different world with a far larger budget and a lot more time for prosthetics and CGI, we might have been able to graduate that change.”

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He said he started playing golf because the sport did not cause pain for his prosthetic leg.

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Robert De Niro, “Zero Day” “Buried under prosthetics yet commanding the screen, Colin Farrell as ‘The Penguin’ looks like the performance to beat.

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As his career has grown, he’s leaned further into the character work, giving The Weeknd absurd facial prosthetics and bundles of bloody bandages.

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prosthesis prosthetic dentistry

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