prosthetic
adj.adj. describing an artificial body part that replaces one that is missing. It helps a person move or do things they could not do otherwise.
adj. relating to an artificial device used to replace a missing body part. Typically used attributively to modify nouns like 'limb', 'leg', or 'arm'.
He wears a prosthetic leg to run races.
Advances in robotics have led to prosthetic limbs that can respond to signals from the user's brain.
The athlete demonstrated remarkable agility with her carbon-fiber prosthetic, proving that modern engineering can effectively bridge the gap between biological loss and functional recovery.
From New Latin prostheticus, from Ancient Greek προσθετικός (prosthetikós, “adding; repletive; giving additional power”), from πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -etic.
Typically placed before the noun it modifies; often used in medical or technical contexts.