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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).
Pronunciation
Noun
pròtesi f (plural pròtesis)
- (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
- (linguistics) prothesis (the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)
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