prothesis
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Synonyms: prosthesis, protheses, parathesis, protasis, apothesis, prostheses, protests, orthesis, prothetic, erotesis, prophasis
Antonyms: prosthesis, protheses, parathesis, protasis, apothesis, prostheses, protests, orthesis, prothetic, erotesis, prophasis
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Noun
- 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).
Noun
- The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
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