prothetic
/prəˈθɛtɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or serving as a prosthesis; artificial and used to replace a missing body part.
- She received prothetic training to learn how to use her new hand.
- Modern prothetic materials are lightweight and strong.
- The prothetic limb was designed to look and move like a real arm.
- In linguistics, relating to the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word.
- The prothetic 'e' in 'especial' makes the word easier to say.
- The prothetic sound is not part of the original word's root.
- Some languages use a prothetic vowel before words starting with certain consonants.
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