prothesis
/ˈprɑθəsɪs/
noun
- An artificial body part that replaces a missing one, such as a limb, eye, or tooth.
- She learned to walk again with the help of a modern prothesis.
- After the accident, he was fitted with a leg prothesis.
- The dentist made a prothesis to replace the missing tooth.
- In linguistics, the addition of a sound or syllable to the beginning of a word, often for easier pronunciation.
- The word 'especial' comes from Latin with a prothesis of 'e-'.
- Linguists study prothesis to understand how languages change over time.
- In some dialects, a prothesis adds an 'a' to words like 'scared' making it 'ascared'.