每日一词学英语(33): prosthetic

以前在什么地方看到有个盲人登山者写的文章，说有读者写信说，如果他眼睛看不见了，他也一样可以登顶，因为眼睛看不见的话就不会恐惧掉下山崖，从而可以顺利登顶。还有人怀疑残奥会上短跑名将的成绩之所以比许多健全人还要好，乃是因为他所安装的假肢富有弹性，有助于提高运动成绩。

“假肢”的“假”(形容词)实际上是artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body。我们还是引用Times Online上的文章来引出每日一词：
Shams Kareem, who was blinded and disfigured by a bomb that killed her mother in November 2006, had just been fitted with prosthetic eyes in the culmination of a first round of treatment funded by Sunday Times readers who donated £128,000 to give her a new chance in life.
prosthetic eyes是假眼，人造眼。prosthesis (plural prostheses)(名词)是假肢，中文维基上是“義肢”，日语是“義肢(ぎし)”。还搜到“義眼(ぎがん)”(日语)，中文维基对应为“义眼”，英文对应是“ocular prosthesis or artificial eye”，和“prosthetic eye”是一回事。