As nouns the difference between orthosis and prothesis
is that orthosis is a type of brace which either prevents, or assists movement of a limb or the spine while prothesis is the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in {{term|nother}}, from {{term|other}} (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish {{term|esfera|lang=es}} from Latin {{term|sphaera||sphere|lang=la}}.
orthosis
English
Noun
(orthoses)
(medicine) A type of brace which either prevents, or assists movement of a limb or the spine
Related terms
*orthotics
prothesis
English
Etymology 1
.
However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word ), which is instead the source of a different term – see , below.
Noun
(protheses)
(linguistics) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in (nother), from (other) (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish esfera from Latin .
Synonyms
* prosthesis
Antonyms
* aphesis
Related terms
* prosthesis
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(protheses)
a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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