prosth-

English

Alternative forms

• prostho- (before consonants)

Etymology

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”).

Prefix

prosth-

1. Placed before, added.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with prosth-

bioprosthesis

bioprosthetic

electroneuroprosthetic

endoprosthesis

endoprosthetic

prosthesis

prosthetic

prosthetically

prostheticist

prosthetics

exoprosthesis

exoprosthetic

interprosthetic

keratoprosthesis

keratoprosthetic

keratoprosthetics

megaprosthetic

neuroprosthesis

neuroprosthetic

neuroprosthetics

nonprosthetic

prostho-

prosthodontics

orthoprosthesis

periprosthetic

postprosthetic

preprosthetic

retroprosthetic

subprosthetic

transprosthetic