prosthetist

[pros-thi-tist]

noun

1. a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prosthetist¹

First recorded in 1900–05; prosthet(ics) + -ist

Example Sentences

Hundreds of Americans remain trapped in Gaza, including Seattle resident Ramona Okumura, a retired UW instructor who was on a visit to Gaza as a consulting prosthetist for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund.

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Okumura was on a visit to Gaza as a consulting prosthetist for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, working on its amputee project.

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The camps are staffed with physical and occupational therapists, prosthetists and adult amputee mentors.

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"There really is a shortage of prosthetists, because there are a huge number of people requiring prosthetic treatment coming in every day," Health Minister Viktor Liashko told Reuters in a recent interview.

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"There really is a shortage of prosthetists, because there are a huge number of people requiring prosthetic treatment coming in every day," Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko told Reuters in an interview.

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