Meaning of IMPLANT
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'im`plant, [v]im'plant
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- [n] a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
- [v] put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
- [v] become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications"
- [v] fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
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| | Synonyms: | | embed, engraft, imbed, plant, plant |
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| | See Also: | | artificial heart, artificial joint, attach, breast implant, bury, communicate, dental implant, enter, heart valve, infix, insert, introduce, lens implant, nest, pass, pass on, penile implant, pot, prosthesis, prosthetic device, put across, shunt, sink | |
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| | Definition: | |  Implant
A novel of chilling medical suspence, by a New York Times bestselling author and a practicing physician. Dr. Gina Panzella has returned to Washington, D.C., to practice, hoping to join the legislative process and influence the future of medicine. Her boss, Dr. Duncan Lathram. has similar aspirations, but his aims are less benign. When Gina notices that Lathram`s patients keep having violent accidents, she reluctantly investigates and soon finds herself fighting for her life. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | A small container of radioactive material placed in or near a cancer. |
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| | Related Terms: | | beat into, bed, brainwash, broadcast, bud, catechize, condition, confirm, deep-dye, define, dibble, disseminate, drag in, drill, edge in, embed, engraft, engrave, entrench, establish, etch, fit in, fix, foist in, forest, found, fudge in, graft, ground, imbue, imp, impact, implant in, impregnate, impress, imprint, inarch, inculcate, indoctrinate, infix, infuse, ingrain, inject, inject in, inlay, inoculate, inscribe, inseminate, insert, insert in, insinuate, insinuate in, inspire, instill, intercalate, interjaculate, interject, interpolate, interpose, intervene, introduce, introduce in, intrude, jam, leaven, lodge, lug in, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plant, pot, print, program, put between, put in, reforest, reset, retimber, root, run in, sandwich, saturate, scatter seed, scion, seat, seed, seed down, seminate, set, set in, settle, smuggle in, sow, sow broadcast, squeeze in, stamp, stereotype, teach, tessellate, throw in, thrust in, transplant, wedge, wedge in, work in, worm in |
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