implant

implant
implants, implanting, implanted
(The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪmplɑ͟ːnt, -plæ̱nt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱mplɑːnt, -plænt[/t]].)
1) VERB To implant something into a person's body means to put it there, usually by means of a medical operation.

[V n in/into n] Doctors in Arizona say they have implanted an artificial heart into a 46-year-old woman...

[V n adv/prep] Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggs back inside me.

[V-ed] ...a surgically implanted birth-control device.

Derived words:
implantation [[t]ɪ̱mplɑːnte͟ɪʃ(ə)n, -plæn-[/t]] N-UNCOUNT

The embryos were tested to determine their sex prior to implantation.

2) N-COUNT An implant is something that is implanted into a person's body.

They felt a woman had a right to choose to have a breast implant.

3) VERB When an egg or embryo implants in the womb, it becomes established there and can then develop.

[V in n] Non-identical twins are the result of two fertilised eggs implanting in the uterus at the same time. [Also V]

Derived words:
implantation N-UNCOUNT

...the 11 days required to allow for normal implantation of a fertilized egg.

4) VERB If you implant an idea or attitude in people, you make it become accepted or believed.

[V n in/into n] The diagram implanted a dangerous prejudice firmly in the minds of countless economics students...

[V n in/into n] Gregory's father had implanted in him an ambition to obtain an education...

[V n] This would implant the idea that the communists are the legitimate rulers of the country.

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  • Implant — Жанр Electronic, electro industrial, Synthpop Годы С 1992 Страна …   Википедия

  • implant — IMPLÁNT, implanturi, s.n. (med.) Organ sau ţesut care se implantează. – Din fr. implant. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  implánt s. n., pl. implánturi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  IMPLÁNT implanturi …   Dicționar Român

  • implant — implant, inculcate, instill are comparable when they mean to introduce into the mind. Implant usually implies teaching, and it stresses the fixedness or permanency of what has been taught {the teacher, the parent, or the friend can often do much… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • implant — [im plant′; ] for n. [ im′plant΄] vt. [Fr implanter: see IN 1 & PLANT] 1. to plant firmly or deeply; embed 2. to fix firmly in the mind; instill; inculcate 3. Med. Dentistry to insert (a substance, organ, or piece of living tissue) within the… …   English World dictionary

  • implant — implant. См. имплантат. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • implant — index educate, embed, enter (insert), fix (make firm), imbue, inculcate, infuse …   Law dictionary

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  • implant — ► VERB 1) insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) into the body. 2) establish (an idea) in the mind. ► NOUN ▪ a thing implanted. DERIVATIVES implantation noun. ORIGIN Latin implantare engraft …   English terms dictionary

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