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• n  corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body

• Over a few months, the bone grows around the implant, providing a strong anchor onto which a prosthesis can be attached.
• Researcher Gregg Miller mortgaged his home to help fund his invention of an unlikely prosthesis that he calls "neuticles.
• A prosthesis waits for its wearer to return from the annual swim across Lake Zurich.

• prosthetic device

News & Articles

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• Woman with prosthesis claims TSA agent made her feel uncomfortable
  SAN ANTONIO -- A woman is speaking out in hopes of restoring her dignity. She said a TSA agent at the San Antonio International Airport pulled her prosthesis without notifying her. The woman, Suzanne Steiner, is a breast cancer survivor. She said she never thought her prosthesis would make her feel embarrassed. What was supposed to be a fun vacation to Orlando, began with a travel day Suzanne ...
  June 10, 2013 - KENS 5 San Antonio

Quotes

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• Oscar Pistorius in Xinhua
  Oscar Pistorius, Double-amputee sprinter, said, "Having had the opportunity to review the results of the study together with several world-renowned experts in bio-mechanics I'm even more resolute in my belief that my prosthesis, the Cheetah-flex...
• Claudia Mitchell in Telegraph.co.uk
  Ms Mitchell, who had her left arm amputated after a motorcycle accident, told doctors: "I just think about moving my hand and elbow, and they move. I think, 'I want my hand open' and it happens. My original prosthesis wasn't worth wearing - this one...
• Jesse Sullivan in Independent Online
  Sullivan said of the thought-controlled arm: "When I use the new prosthesis I just do things. I don't have to think about it."