prosthetics
/prɑsˈθɛtɪks/
noun
- The branch of medicine or technology that deals with designing and making artificial body parts, such as limbs or eyes.
- The hospital's prosthetics department creates custom artificial limbs for patients.
- Advances in prosthetics have allowed many amputees to run and swim again.
- She studied biomedical engineering with a focus on prosthetics.
- Artificial body parts, such as limbs, hands, or eyes, used to replace missing ones.
- He received new prosthetics that look and move more naturally.
- The athlete's carbon-fiber prosthetics helped her compete in the Paralympics.
- Modern prosthetics are lightweight and can be controlled by muscle signals.