Crossword-Solution: PROSTHESIS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Prosthesis | n. | The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis. |
| Prosthesis | n. | The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| PROSTHESIS | anagram | SHIPSSTORE |
We have 5 clues for the answer “PROSTHESIS”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| An artificial body part | 1 answer |
| Device that replaces body part | 1 answer |
| corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | 1 answer |
| Replacement part | 2 answers |
| Replacement arm | 2 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "PROSTHESIS"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Dermatological complaint
?
E
?
C
?
Z
?
E
?
M
?
A
Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EECZAM
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
8 +1
New Suggestion for "PROSTHESIS"
Related word tools
Sentences with PROSTHESIS (4)
The most interesting phase of what Guy de Chauliac has to say with regard to dentistry is of course to be found in his paragraphs on the artificial replacement of lost teeth and the subject of dental prosthesis generally.
This is a rather curt way of treating so large a subject as dental prosthesis, but it contains a lot of suggestive material.
There were new methods of prosthesis to eliminate this weird effect but these were only available back on the home planets.
Thus by a kind of prosthesis our familiar ‘Noakes’ or ‘Nokes’ stands for ‘Atten-Oaks,’ that is, ‘At the Oaks.’ ‘Piers Plowman,’ in another edition from that I have already quoted, makes Covetousness to say— For sum tyme I served Simme atte Noke, And was his plight prentys, His profit to look.
Quotes with PROSTHESIS (3)
No," said Blackwell, "she won't, because that would be a violation of the very personal terms I will have established in our conversation. That's the key word here, Laney, 'personal.' 'Up close, and.' We will not meet, we will not carve out this deep and meaningful and bloody unforgettable episode of mutual face-time as representatives of our respective faceless corporations. Not at all. It's one-on-one time for your Kathy and I, and it may well prove to be as intimate, and I…
Cole stilled when his feral eyes found her, roaming every inch as though searching for a wound. The doorway framed him like a portal to purgatory, and he stood like an avenging archangel come to wreak a wrath no less than biblical. The swells of his powerful chest heaved against the white of his shirtsleeves now blotched and stained with blood. The blade on his prosthesis was extended past the motionless metal fingers, and blood dripped from it into a thick crimson puddle on the marble floor.
She thought men were saviors...... And she looked for more in them than what they were... Only to rescue herself from those she wished would rescue her... And isn't that the most tragic lie... The lie where we tell what we wished were true and believe it...? She had an artificial memory, a prosthesis to a past that never was... She was like a party that no one ever went to... Like a cure... without a disease... And isn't that the greatest fear of all... to be ready with the a…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: USA TODAY.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2011).