Associations to the word «Prosthesis»

Wiktionary

PROSTHESIS, noun. (medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
PROSTHESIS, noun. (linguistics) (prosody) prothesis

Dictionary definition

PROSTHESIS, noun. Corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras