PROSTHETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prosthetic mean? 

• PROSTHETIC (adjective)
  The adjective PROSTHETIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to prosthetics

2. relating to or serving as a prosthesis

  Familiarity information: PROSTHETIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSTHETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to prosthetics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

prosthetics (the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts)

Derivation:

prosthesis (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)

prosthetics (the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or serving as a prosthesis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

prosthesis (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)

Derivation:

prosthesis (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)

 Context examples 

A surgical procedure for increasing breast size using a prosthetic implant.

(Augmentation Mammoplasty, NCI Thesaurus)

C. afermentans is commensal, but can become pathogenic and has been associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis.

(Corynebacterium afermentans, NCI Thesaurus)

An object or material, such as an alloplastic or radioactive material or tissue, partially or totally inserted or grafted into the body for prosthetic, therapeutic, diagnostic, or experimental purposes.

(Implant Failure, Food and Drug Administration)

An appliance used as an artificial or prosthetic replacement for missing teeth and adjacent tissues.

(Denture, NCI Thesaurus)

C. amycolatum is commensal to the human skin and mucous membranes and is known to cause prosthetic joint related infections, and pneumonia, especially in immunocompromised persons.

(Corynebacterium amycolatum, NCI Thesaurus)

C. hominis is commensal in the human nasal flora, but is associated with culture negative endocarditis after a dental procedure, especially in those with a pre-existing heart valve disorder or a prosthetic valve.

(Cardiobacterium hominis, NCI Thesaurus)

A prosthetic group that consists of an iron atom contained in the center of a large heterocyclic organic ring called a porphyrin.

(Hematein, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)