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
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[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.
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