implant

present singular third person implants · participle present implanting · participle past implanted · past implanted

1. transitiveTo fix firmly or set securely or deeply.

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   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.

   1778, T. S., “Proposals for raising Female Regiments”, in The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 9, page 584

   Synonyms: embed, imbed, engraft, engrain, graft, insert, instil, instill

2. transitiveTo 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).

   2007, Susan M. Ewing, Poodles for Dummies, Wiley publishing, Inc., page 206

   Synonyms: graft

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

plural implants

1. medicineAnything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.

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

   2015 October 22, “Evaluation in a Dog Model of Three Antimicrobial Glassy Coatings: Prevention of Bone Loss around Implants and Microbial Assessments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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   They existed at a time in history when shock therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour.

   2007, Julie Albrecht Royce, Traveling Michigan's Sunset Coast, Dog Ear Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 420

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