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prosthetics

[ pros-thet-iks ]

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.


prosthetics

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noun

  1. functioning as singular the branch of surgery concerned with prosthesis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of prosthetics1

First recorded in 1890–95; prosthesis, -ics
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Monger said that when he began training he struggled to run due to the pain from his prosthetics.

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A woman who lost all eight of her fingers to sepsis has received prosthetics based on the hands of the trainee tasked with making them.

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Domingo: Yes, because I’m wearing prosthetics, and I believe my makeup is probably tinted just a little fairer than mine.

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They are in hair and makeup and doing the prosthetics for six hours, and then they’re on set — maybe they can’t hear because of it, it could be restrictive, it could be frustrating, I imagine.

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I added a beard, teeth, shadows, texture and tattoos in order to distort Karla’s natural features and emphasize masculine features via prosthetics.

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