Meanings
comparative more implantable · superlative most implantable
- Capable of being, or designed to be, implanted (within the body etc.)
High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.
2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 73
plural implantables
- A device that can be implanted surgically.
I've had the opportunity to work on mouthwashes and astringents, catheter antimicrobial treatments, and antimicrobial treatments of other implantables and insertables.
2009, Daryl S. Paulson, Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach
Origin
Translations
French implantable
- implantableCapable of being implanted
German implantierbar
- implantierbarCapable of being implanted
Italian impiantabile
- impiantabileCapable of being implanted
Polish wszczepialny
- wszczepialnyCapable of being implanted
Portuguese implantável
- implantávelCapable of being implanted
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