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prosthetic
adjective pros·thet·ic \präs-ˈthe-tik\
Definition of PROSTHETIC
1
: of or relating to a prosthesis or prosthetics
2
: of, relating to, or constituting a nonprotein group of a conjugated protein
— pros·thet·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of PROSTHETIC
circa 1890
Rhymes with PROSTHETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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prosthetic
adjective pros·thet·ic \präs-ˈthet-ik\
Medical Definition of PROSTHETIC
1
: of, relating to, or being a prosthesis <a prosthetic device> <prosthetic limbs>; also : of or relating to prosthetics <prosthetic research>
2
: of, relating to, or constituting a nonprotein group of a conjugated protein
—pros·thet·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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