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prosthetics Definition

pros·thet·ics (präs t̸het′iks)

noun

the branch of surgery dealing with the replacement of missing parts, esp. limbs, by artificial substitutes

Etymology: < prosthetic

prosthetics Related Forms
pros′·the·tist (präs′t̸hə tist) noun
prosthetics Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • make: When he went back to the war he was instructed to start making prosthetics for others who had lost limbs.
  • use: The show required a heavy workload of make up effects, using prosthetics for each of the transformation scenes.
  • apply: These methods promise to revolutionize the way we apply prosthetics.
  • have: They left me on the set sometimes because they forgot I had prosthetics on my eyes.
  • provide: Prosthetist Ozan Altay joined the project to help communicate the complexities of providing prosthetics.
  • mean: This means that prosthetics can be attached directly to bone and the skin around them sealed to reduce the chance of infection.

Adjective modifier

  • dental: A questionnaire determined that a range of interest and ability in dental prosthetics was represented.
  • maxillofacial: Allison T, Maryan C, 1998, Maxillofacial prosthetics and technology today.
  • external: To provide a knowledge base on the theoretical and practical basis of upper and lower limb external prosthetics and orthotics.
  • visual: For every Delvin Kehoe, there are several others whose visual prosthetics deliver little more than dots and fuzzy patches.
  • low: Biomechanical principles of upper limb and lower limb prosthetics, and of upper limb, lower limb and spinal orthotics.
  • advanced: The goal is to enable telerobotic operations with full human abilities in hostile environments and advanced prosthetics.

Modifies a noun

  • service: The Scottish prosthetic service has formed a specialist group to oversee the delivery of prosthetics services in Scotland.

Noun used with modifier

  • foam: Working with proprietary foam gelatine products, you'll become highly proficient in creating foam gelatine prosthetics with this remarkable and exciting material.
  • limb: In particular it has maintained a strong interest in the field of upper limb prosthetics.
  • gelatine: Working with proprietary foam gelatine products, you'll become highly proficient in creating foam gelatine prosthetics with this remarkable and exciting material.
  • latex: The bodies pile up, latex prosthetics abound and it all gets laughably pretentious.
  • NHS: Dentistry is changing rapidly and gone are the days of demands for mass produced NHS prosthetics.