implant


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
implant
verb /ɪmˈplɑːnt/ 
  • 1 insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) into the body.

    ■ (of a fertilized egg) become attached to the wall of the uterus.

  • 2 establish (an idea) in the mind.
noun /ˈɪmplɑːnt/ a thing which has been implanted.
– derivatives
implantable adjective,
implantation noun.
– origin ME: from late L. implantare ‘engraft’.
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