prothese
See also: Prothese and prothèse
English
Etymology
From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, Dutch prothese and French prothèse.
Noun
prothese (plural protheses)
- (archaic) Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement)
Anagrams
- hoptrees, reposeth
Dutch
Alternative forms
- prosthesis
- prothesis
Etymology
From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, English prothese and (now more common) prosthesis and French prothèse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌproːˈteː.zə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧the‧se
- Rhymes: -eːzə
Noun
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
- (linguistics): aphaeresis
Derived terms
- (by body part): heupprothese, tandprothese etc.
Related terms
- these
- thesis