prosthesis

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发音

US /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/

词形变化

prostheses 复数 prostheses

别名

prothese

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

    义肢

    假肢

    可数 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    Prothesis.

    可数 不可数 语言学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

corrective restorative

下位词 7

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词源

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “to add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -esis.

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