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implantable

[ im-plan-tuh-buhl, -plahn- ]

adjective

  1. capable of being implanted.
  2. pertaining to a device, as a micropump or porous polymer membrane, for surgical insertion under the skin for the controlled release of a drug.


noun

  1. Surgery. a material, foreign to the body, that can be implanted without undue risk of rejection.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of implantable1

First recorded in 1955–60; implant + -able

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