(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:18:52

Proth"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a placing in public, fr. to set before; before + to set, put.]

1. Eccl.

A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.

2. Med.

See Prosthesis.

Dunglison.

 

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