Prosthetics

Prosthetics
The art and science of developing artificial replacements for body parts. Depending on the type of prosthesis, prosthetics may be built and fitted/implanted in a hospital (as in the case of an artificial knee joint), or by an outside specialist. Post- mastectomy prosthetics, for example, may be purchased and fitted by specialized lingerie shops.
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The art and science of making and adjusting artificial parts of the human body, See anaplastology.
- maxillofacial p. that branch of dentistry that provides prostheses or devices to treat or restore tissues of the stomatognathic system and associated facial structures that have been affected by disease, injury, surgery, or congenital defect, to provide all possible function and esthetics.

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pros·thet·ics -iks n pl but sing or pl in constr the surgical and dental specialty concerned with the design, construction, and fitting of prostheses

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pros·thet·ics (pros-thetґiks) the field of knowledge relating to prostheses and their design and use.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • prosthetics — pros·thet·ics …   English syllables

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