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prothesis noun

  /ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/ , /ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/ , /ˈpɹɔθəsɪs/
  • (phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
 proteesi
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