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Prosthesis vs Denture - What's the difference?

prosthesis | denture |

As nouns the difference between prosthesis and denture

is that prosthesis is (medicine) an artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external while denture is a set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.

prosthesis

English

Noun

(prostheses)
  • (medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
  • (linguistics, prosody) prothesis

    • Synonyms

    * (linguistics) prothesis

    Related terms

    * prothesis * prosthetic

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    denture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • an artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • (often, in the plural) a complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth

    • Derived terms

    * denture adhesive * denture cleanser

    Synonyms

    * (artificial teeth) choppers

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