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prosthesis

Artificial device used to substitute for a body part which is defective or missing. Prostheses include artificial limbs, hearing aids, false teeth and eyes, heart pacemakers and plastic heart valves and blood vessels.

Prostheses in the form of artificial limbs, such as wooden legs and metal hooks for hands, have been used for centuries, although artificial limbs are now more natural-looking and comfortable to wear. The comparatively new field of bionics has developed myoelectric, or bionic, arms, which are electronically operated and worked by minute electrical impulses from body muscles.



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The definitive prosthesis was cemented into position in the usual manner.
Breakage of intramedullary femoral guide rod during total knee ... by W L Chan and C H Yen and K K Wong and P Y T Tse and K H Mak / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
All participants had to be wearing their definitive prosthesis and had to have been wearing a prosthesis for a minimum of one year.
Adolescent Sarcoma Patients' Intense Rehabilitation with Exercise ... by Rossbach, Paddy G.; Kreuter, Philip A.; Balsley, David O. / Palaestra
Our patient was a challenge to rehabilitate because of her complex medical history, and further follow-up may be required to asess the long-term benefits of obtaining a definitive prosthesis.
Management of an above-knee amputee with complex medical problems ... by Versluis, Tamara L. / Physical Therapy
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