epithesis

The Japan Times September 12の記事から引用します。
Epithesis — offering appearance care to cancer patients
The use of epithesis — artificial reconstructions of body parts — is beginning to attract attention.

"epithesis" は知りませんでしたが、意味は文中に説明があるので分かります。　本文の冒頭も引用します。
As more focus is placed on providing cancer patients with appearance care to mitigate their psychological burden, epithesis — an artificial reconstruction of a body part — is also attracting attention.
Patient-specific epitheses that recreate each individual’s features including shape, skin color and wrinkles help them regain confidence in their day-to-day lives.
However, there are issues such as the shortage of epithesists with a high level of skill.

以前（6/1/2009）取り上げた "prostheses/prosthesis" を思い出しました。