prothese
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, Dutch prothese and French prothèse.
Noun edit
prothese (plural protheses)
- (archaic) Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement)
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, English prothese and (now more common) prosthesis and French prothèse.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prothese f (plural prothesen or protheses, diminutive prothesetje n)
- (literally) The act of artificially replacing a body part
- (metonymically) A prosthesis, the artificial replacement for a body part
- (linguistics) The addition of sound(s) at the beginning of a word after blurring of its semantics
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “linguistics”): aphaeresis
Derived terms edit
- (by body part): heupprothese, tandprothese etc.