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Definition of Prothetic
1. a. Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus.
Definition of Prothetic
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or involving prothesis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prothetic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothetic
Literary usage of Prothetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transition in the Attic Orators by Robert Dale Elliott (1919)
"DISMISSIVE-prothetic TRANSITION A dismissive-prothetic transition, as the term
implies, is one consisting of a dismissive element combined with a prothetic ..."
2. Indo-Iranian Phonology with Special Reference to the Middle and New Indo by Louis Herbert Gray (1902)
"... the i in these cases to be original in the Oss., but he thinks that the Tag.
dialect has lost the i, rather than that the Dig. shows a prothetic i. ..."
3. The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal (1872)
"A prothetic Apparatus for the Survivors of Amputation at the Hip.—Dr. George A.
Otis, Assistant Surgeon, US Army, ("Am. Jour. Med. Sciences"), states that ..."
4. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Obviously the use of a supporting or prothetic vowel would not be necessary in
... Thus, at first the appearance of the prothetic vowel was undoubtedly ..."
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