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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#m1)

2) (noun) A prosthetic is such an artificial part; in films, prosthetics are fake body parts for make-up and effects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#x1)
- A prosthetic hand can pick up a cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#x2)
- The Paralympic sprinter uses running blades. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#x3)
- Some prosthetic arms are moved by tiny signals from the muscles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#x4)
- The film monster was made with prosthetics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#x5)
- He got a new prosthetic as he grew taller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prosthetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosthetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.