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im⋅plant

  [v. im-plant, -plahnt; n. im-plant, -plahnt]
Use implant in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to put or fix firmly: to implant sound principles in a child's mind.
2. to plant securely.
3. Medicine/Medical. to insert or graft (a tissue, organ, or inert substance) into the body.
–noun
4. Medicine/Medical.
a. any device or material, esp. of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
b. medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
c. implantation (def. 1).
5. Dentistry.
a. an artificial tooth that has been inserted permanently into the jaw.
b. a metal framework attached to the bones of the jaw for supporting artificial teeth.
Origin:
1535–45; im- 1 + plant

Related forms:
im⋅plant⋅er, noun
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im·plant   (ĭm-plānt')   
v.   im·plant·ed, im·plant·ing, im·plants

v.   tr.
  1. To set in firmly, as into the ground: implant fence posts.
  2. To establish securely, as in the mind or consciousness; instill: habits that had been implanted early in childhood.
  3. Medicine
    1. To insert or embed (an object or a device) surgically: implant a drug capsule; implant a pacemaker.
    2. To graft or insert (a tissue) within the body.
v.   intr. Embryology
To become attached to and embedded in the uterine lining. Used of a fertilized egg.
n.   (ĭm'plānt')
Something implanted, especially a surgically implanted tissue or device: a dental implant; a subcutaneous implant.

[Middle English implanten, from Medieval Latin implantāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin plantāre, to plant (from planta, a shoot; see plant).]
im·plant'a·ble adj.
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Implant

Im*plant"\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Implanting.] [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F. implanter.] To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.

Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : implant
Spanish: inculcar, meter,
German: einprägen,
Japanese: 吹き込む
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implant  (v.)
1545, from Fr. implanter "to insert, engraft," from in- "in" + planter "to plant" (see plant (n.)). The noun meaning "anything implanted within the body" is from 1890.
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Main Entry: 1im·plant
Pronunciation: im-'plant
Function: transitive verb
1 : to set permanently in the consciousness or habitpatterns
2 a : to insert or fix in a living site (as for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union) implanted hormone pellets> b : to insert an implant in <100 patients have been implanted with nylon ribbons without complications —U.K. Henschke> implant intransitivesenses
: to become implanted implants in the endometrial lining>

Main Entry: 2im·plant
Pronunciation: 'im-"plant
Function: noun
: something (as a graft, a small container of radioactive material fortreatment of cancer, or a pellet containing hormones to be gradually absorbed) that is implanted especially in tissue
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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implant im·plant (ĭm-plānt')
v. im·plant·ed, im·plant·ing, im·plants

  1. To insert or embed an object or a device surgically.
  2. To graft or insert a tissue within the body.
  3. To become attached to and embedded in the uterine lining. Used of a fertilized egg.
n. (ĭm'plānt')
Something implanted, especially a surgically implanted tissue or device.

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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  
  1. (ĭm-plānt')
  2. To become attached to and embedded in the maternal uterine lining. Used of a fertilized egg.

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