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Definition of 'prothesis'

English

Etymology 1

. However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word ), which is instead the source of a different term – see , below.

Noun

(protheses)
  • (linguistics) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in (nother), from (other) (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish esfera from Latin .
    • Synonyms
    * prosthesis
    Antonyms
    * aphesis
    Related terms
    * prosthesis

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (protheses)
  • a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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    * English nouns with irregular plurals

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