Prothesis
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prothesis is a noun meaning (by extension) Credence table.
Meaning
(by extension) Credence table.
More Meanings
- (Christianity) The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
- (phonology, rhetoric) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
Word Forms
- protheses
Synonyms for prothesis
Depending on context, synonyms include prosthesis.
Antonyms for prothesis
Common opposites include aphesis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prosthesis, prothese, procope, arthroprothesis, aphoresis, t-prothesis.
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