prosthesis

prosthesis
[prɒsˈθiːsɪs, ˈprɒsθɪˌsɪs]
(pl. prostheses -siːz)
  1. an artificial body part, such as a leg, a heart, or a breast implant
    (腿、心脏、乳房等)假体,修复体
    his upper jaw was removed and a prosthesis was fitted.
    他下巴的上半部分被切除,装了个假体。
  2. the addition of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escuela derived from Latin scola
    词首添字母(或音节)(如西班牙语的escuela派生于拉丁语scola)
派生
prosthetic
[-ˈθɛtɪk]
adjective
prosthetically
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): via late Latin from Greek prosthesis, from prostithenai, from pros 'in addition' + tithenai 'to place'
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