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pros·thet·ic
\(ˈ)präs|thed.]ik, -et], ]ēk\ adjective
Etymology: Greek prosthetikos adding, furthering, from prosthetos put to, added (from prostithenai to add) + -ikos -ic
1. : added to a word especially by prefixing
< a prosthetic letter >
< a prosthetic sound >
2. : of or relating to prosthesis or prosthetics
< prosthetic hand >
< prosthetic research >
3. : of, relating to, or constituting a group or radical of a different kind attached to or substituted in a compound; especially : of, relating to, or constituting a nonprotein group of a conjugated protein
< the prosthetic nucleic acid group of a nucleoprotein >
— compare coenzyme
• pros·thet·i·cal·ly \]ə̇k(ə)lē\ adverb |