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Definition of: prosthetics
(pros·thet′iks) noun
The branch of surgery or dentistry which specializes in artificial parts and organs. [<Gk. prosthetikos additional <prosthetos added, put on <prostithenai. See PROSTHESIS.]
—pros·the·tist (pros′thə·tist) noun
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