different between prosthesis vs prothese

English

Etymology

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek ????????? (prósthesis, “addition”), from ?????????? (prostíth?mi, “I add”), from ???? (prós, “towards”) + ?????? (títh?mi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *d?éd?eh?- (“to be putting, to be placing”).

Noun

prosthesis (plural prostheses)

1. (medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
2. (linguistics, prosody) Prothesis.

Synonyms

• (linguistics): prothesis

Related terms

• hemiprosthesis
• megaprosthesis
• prothesis
• prosthetic

Translations

Anagrams

• sophisters, storeships

English

Etymology

From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, Dutch prothese and French prothèse.

Noun

prothese (plural protheses)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement)

Anagrams

• hoptrees, reposeth

Dutch

Alternative forms

• prosthesis
• prothesis

Etymology

From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, English prothese and (now more common) prosthesis and French prothèse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro??te?.z?/
• Hyphenation: pro?the?se
• Rhymes: -e?z?

Noun

prothese f (plural prothesen or protheses, diminutive prothesetje n)

1. (literally) The act of artificially replacing a body part
2. (metonymically) A prosthesis, the artificial replacement for a body part
3. (linguistics) The addition of sound(s) at the beginning of a word after blurring of its semantics

Antonyms

• (linguistics): aphaeresis

Derived terms

• (by body part): heupprothese, tandprothese etc.

Related terms

• these
• thesis