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im⋅plant

  [v. im-plant, -plahnt; n. im-plant, -plahnt]
Use implants 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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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