A cewar ƙamus na Turanci na Oxford, likitan prosthetis shine mutumin da ya ƙware wajen kera, kera, da kuma haɗa na'urorin da ake amfani da su, kamar gaɓoɓin hannu, ga mutanen da suka rasa sashin jiki saboda rauni ko cuta. Likitan prostheist yakan yi aiki kafada da kafada tare da likitan majiyyaci da likitan motsa jiki don ƙirƙirar aikin gyaran jiki wanda zai dace da takamaiman bukatun majiyyaci kuma ya ba su damar yin aiki kamar yadda ya kamata.