How do you pronounce prosthetic?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/.

prosthetic

/ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: pros-thet-ic
IPA: /ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.

adj

Prothetic.

noun

An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.

noun

An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.

Example Sentences

"prosthetic leg/arm"
"Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural."
"The specialist makers of prosthetics are part chemist, part artist and part engineer. Each tends to specialise in a particular area, such as sculpting, mould making, foaming latex, knotting hair into the pieces, colouring or artworking."

Etymology

From New Latin prostheticus, from Ancient Greek προσθετικός (prosthetikós, “adding; repletive; giving additional power”), from πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -etic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: prostheticus, προσθετικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/
British English: /ˌpɹɒsˈθɛtɪk/

Inflected Forms

prosthetics (plural)

Derived Forms

bioprosthetic endoprosthetic exoprosthetic interprosthetic keratoprosthetic megaprosthetic neuroprosthetic nonprosthetic periprosthetic postprosthetic preprosthetic prosthetically

Phrases

prosthetic group

Rhymes With

genetic magnetic athletic pathetic aesthetic synthetic sympathetic energetic cosmetic poetic electromagnetic diabetic