prosthetic

«prosthetic» in Mova's school dictionary: an artificial one, like a leg, arm, hand or eye, made to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (prosthetic); noun (a prosthetic, prosthetics)

meaning for a pupil

1) A prosthetic body part is an artificial one, like a leg, arm, hand or eye, made to replace a part that is missing. tree →

2) (noun) A prosthetic is such an artificial part; in films, prosthetics are fake body parts for make-up and effects. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science and lessons about disability and respect: people who have lost a limb can walk, run and play sport with a prosthetic leg. Paralympic athletes use running blades. In everyday life it is polite to talk about the person, not stare at the prosthetic.

examples

• She runs fast on her prosthetic leg. tree →
• A prosthetic hand can pick up a cup. tree →
• The Paralympic sprinter uses running blades. tree →
• Some prosthetic arms are moved by tiny signals from the muscles. tree →
• The film monster was made with prosthetics. tree →
• He got a new prosthetic as he grew taller. tree →

note

Noun also: a prosthesis (plural prostheses). Stress: pros-THET-ick. Children with prosthetics grow and need new ones. Not the same as a plaster cast, which is temporary.

In the corpora

• A prosthetic arm or leg is a tool that helps someone, like glasses, so do not stare.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prosthetic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.