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prosthetic (adj.)
1837 in grammar; 1902 in the surgical sense, from Latinized form of Greek
prosthetikos
"disposed to add," from
prosthetas
"added," verbal adjective of
prostithenai
"to put to, add to" (see
prosthesis
). Related:
Prosthetically
.
