prothèse

French

noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
  • (linguistics) prothesis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (addition, augmentation, application).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πρόσθεσις

Gloss

addition, augmentation, application

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