prosthetics
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
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.
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