prosthetics

[ pros-thet-iks ]
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noun(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. the branch of surgery or of dentistry that deals with the replacement of missing parts with artificial structures.: Compare prosthodontics.

  2. the fabrication and fitting of prosthetic devices, especially artificial limbs.

Origin of prosthetics

1
First recorded in 1890–95; see origin at prosthesis, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for prosthetics

prosthetics

/ (prɒsˈθɛtɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of surgery concerned with prosthesis

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