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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prosthesis \Pros"the*sis\, noun [L., fr. Gr. ? an addition, fr. ? to put to, to add; ? to + ? to put, place.]
1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also {prothesis}.
2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prosthesis
noun: corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body [syn: {prosthetic device}] [also: {prostheses} (pl)]
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