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Meaning of prothesis

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prothesis

Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɒθəsɪs//ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/

noun

Definitions

  1. The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Latin sphaera (expected form would be *sfera).

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prothesis

prothesis

Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɒθəsɪs//ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prothesis

Related words

prosthesisprotheseprocopearthroprothesisaphoresist-prothesisepenthesisaphæresis