Implant
[verb im-plant, -plahnt; noun im-plant, -plahnt] /verb ɪmˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt; noun ˈɪmˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/
verb (used with object)
1.
to put or fix firmly:
to implant sound principles in a child’s mind.
2.
to securely.
3.
Medicine/Medical. to insert or graft (a tissue, organ, or inert substance) into the body.
noun
4.
Medicine/Medical.
5.
Dentistry.
verb (transitive) (ɪmˈplɑːnt)
1.
to establish firmly; inculcate; instil: to implant sound moral principles
2.
to plant or embed; infix; entrench
3.
(surgery)
noun (ˈɪmˌplɑːnt)
4.
anything implanted, esp surgically, such as a tissue graft or hormone
v.
early 15c., from French implanter “to insert, engraft,” from assimilated form of in- “into, in, on, upon” (see in- (2)) + planter “to plant” (see plant (n.)). Related: Implanted; implanting.
n.
1890 as “thing implanted;” 1941 as “action of implanting,” from implant (v.). Related: Implants, by 1981 as short for breast implants (1976).
implant im·plant (ĭm-plānt’)
v. im·plant·ed, im·plant·ing, im·plants
n. (ĭm’plānt’)
Something implanted, especially a surgically implanted tissue or device.
implant
Noun (ĭm’plānt’) Something that is placed, usually surgically, within a living body, as grafted tissue or a medical device, such as a pacemaker.
Verb
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