prosthetics

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, prosth- +‎ -etic +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒsˈθɛtɪks/, /pɹəsˈθɛtɪks/

Noun

prosthetics

1. plural of prosthetic

Noun

prosthetics (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Branch of medicine that deals with the artificial replacement of missing body parts.

Derived terms

• neuroprosthetics

Translations

branch of medicine

Dutch: prothesiologie German: Prothetik (de) f Spanish: prótesis (es) f