prosthetic
Collocations
4ADJ.
ocular, organic, under
VERB + PROSTHETIC
molds, tossing, uses
PROSTHETIC + NOUN
glass, leg, legs, limb, penis, soul, t
PREP.
around
Definitions
adj
Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.
prosthetic leg/arm
Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
Prothetic.
noun
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.
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.
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6prosthetic leg/arm
WiktionaryOpposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and t
WiktionaryThe 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
WiktionaryTom has a prosthetic leg.
Tatoeba · #4539943Mary has a prosthetic arm.
Tatoeba · #4539945Tom has a prosthetic limb.
Tatoeba · #5226070