prothese

See also: Prothese and prothèse

English

Etymology

From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, Dutch prothese and French prothèse.

Noun

prothese (plural protheses)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement)

Anagrams

• hoptrees, reposeth

Dutch

Alternative forms

• prosthesis
• prothesis

Etymology

From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, English prothese and (now more common) prosthesis and French prothèse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌproːˈteː.zə/, (also) /ˌproːˈtɛː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧the‧se
• Rhymes: -eːzə

Noun

prothese f (plural prothesen or protheses, diminutive prothesetje n)

1. (literally) The act of artificially replacing a body part
2. (metonymically) A prosthesis, the artificial replacement for a body part
3. (linguistics) The addition of sound(s) at the beginning of a word after blurring of its semantics

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “linguistics”): aphaeresis

Derived terms

• (by body part): heupprothese, tandprothese etc.

Related terms

• these
• thesis