In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from Ancient Greek prosthesis, addition, application, attachment) is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are sometimes called Mormons because in addition to the Bible, we believe in additional scripture. One book of scripture is called the Book of Mormon.he church calls itself The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and has never called itself or asked to be called Mormonism.. This was nickname given us by people of other faiths who identified us simply by our use of the Book of Mormon.
Lophophora williamsii /loÊËfÉfÉrÉ wÉªlËjÃ¦msiaÉª/ or peyote is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline. The English common name peyote is a Spanish loanword, which comes from the Nahuatl name peyÅtl, said to be derived from a root meaning glisten or glistening. Other sources translate the Nahuatl word as Divine Messenger. Native North Americans are likely to have used peyote, often for spiritual purposes, for at least 5,500 years. Peyote is ...