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prothèse

/pʁɔ.tɛz/

noun, feminine/pʁɔ.tɛz/plural: prothèses

prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis), where the prefix was confused with pro-.

noun, feminine/pʁɔ.tɛz/plural: prothèses

prothesis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis).