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PROSTHETIC DEVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prosthetic device mean?
• PROSTHETIC DEVICE (noun)
The noun PROSTHETIC DEVICE has 1 sense:
1. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
Familiarity information: PROSTHETIC DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
prosthesis; prosthetic device
Hypernyms ("prosthetic device" is a kind of...):
corrective; restorative (a device for treating injury or disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prosthetic device"):
glass eye (prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass)
implant (a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue)
obturator (a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate))
leg; peg; pegleg; wooden leg (a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg)
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