Prosthetic

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˌpɹɒsˈθɛtɪk

Definitions

An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.
An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.

Equivalents

Españolpegadizo postizo protésico

Françaisartificiel artificielle prosthétique

Deutschprothetisch

9 more languages

العربيةبديلي

Češtinaprotetický

Ελληνικάπρόθεση προσθετικός

Suomiteko-

Italianoprostetico

日本語補綴

Nederlandsprothetisch

Polskiprotetyczny

Русскийпротезный

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

prosthetic group Prosthetically prosthetician prostheticist Prosthetics prosthetist

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