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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prosthetics /prɒsˈθɛtɪks/

▶plural noun

1 artificial body parts; prostheses.
■ pieces of flexible material applied to actors' faces to transform their appearance.

2 [treated as sing.] the branch of surgery concerned with the making and fitting of artificial body parts.

– derivatives
prosthetist /ˈprɒsθɪtɪst/ noun.

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