implant

UK /ɪmˈplɑːnt/ US /ɪmˈplɑːnt/
verb 3noun 2

Definitions

verb

1

To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.

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

To insert (something) surgically into the body.

If you prefer a “natural look” for your male Poodle, ask your vet about a vasectomy or implanting artificial testicles (called neuticles).

3

Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.

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.

Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period.

2

A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.

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