What does "implant" mean?
Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
Implant
/ɪmˈplɑːnt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
- Grammar: implant is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: anchor, beat into, bed, brainwash.
- Useful contrasts: detach, deter, dissuade.
- Usage evidence: Decision to disallow Medicaid for second cochlea implant withdrawn.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
"They existed at a time in history when shock therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour."
- 2 a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue wordnet
- 3 A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.
Verb
- 1 To fix firmly or set securely or deeply. transitive
"That strength of body is often equal to the courage of mind implanted in the fair sex, will not be denied by those who have seen the water-women of Plymouth; the female drudges of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; the fish-women of Billinsgate; the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm the fields; and the lowest beings of the feminine gender wo swagger in the streets of London."
- 2 put firmly in the mind wordnet
- 3 To insert (something) surgically into the body. transitive
"If you prefer a “natural look” for your male Poodle, ask your vet about a vasectomy or implanting artificial testicles (called neuticles)."
- 4 become attached to and embedded in the uterus wordnet
- 5 Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb. intransitive
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- 6 fix or set securely or deeply wordnet
Example
"Decision to disallow Medicaid for second cochlea implant withdrawn."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "implant"?
Common synonyms include: anchor, beat into, bed, brainwash, broadcast, bud.
How do you use "implant" in a sentence?
Decision to disallow Medicaid for second cochlea implant withdrawn.
How do you pronounce "implant"?
Pronounced /ɪmˈplɑːnt/.
Etymology
From Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō. By surface analysis, im- + plant.