prothesis

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Artificial hip prothesis: neck femur. a. Austin-Moore type is replacement of the head only. d.

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  1. noun Linguistics The addition of a phoneme or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish espina, "thorn,” from Latin spina.
  2. noun Eastern Orthodox Church The preparation of the bread and wine for the Eucharist.
  3. noun Eastern Orthodox Church The table used for this preparation.

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  • Now if Schoer has had male genitalia sliced away and a female prothesis crafted, then Schroer could legitimately be classified as female since the anatomy largely matches. —  Interested-Participant
  • Soraida Salwala of the private group Friends of the Asian Elephant said Thursday that 48-year-old Motola bent the prothesis when she lay down on it. —  Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
  • He finds what he thinks the oldest representation of sepulchral ornament in a black-figured vase of the so-called "prothesis" class. —  The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
  • The Eternal Word, Christ from everlasting, is the 'prothesis' or identity;--the Scriptures and the Church are the two poles, or the 'thesis' and 'antithesis'; the Preacher in direct line under the Spirit, but likewise the point of junction of the written Word and the Church, being the 'synthesis'. —  Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4.
  • Artificial hip prothesis: neck femur. a. Austin-Moore type is replacement of the head only. d. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Greek, prefixing, from protithenai, prothe-, to put before : pro-, before; see pro-2 + tithenai, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin prothesis, from Greek πρόθεσις, a putting before, proposition, purpose, preposition, from προτιθέναι, put before, from πρό, before, + τιθέναι, put, place: see thesis. Cf. prosthesis.
 

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/ˈprɑθɛsɪs/
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