implant

English

Etymology

From Latin implantō.

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • (verb): /ɪmˈplɑːnt/, /Im"plA:nt/
  • (noun): /ˈɪmplɑːnt/, /"ImplA:nt/
• (US)
  • (verb): ĭmplăntʹ, /ɪmˈplænt/, /Im"pl{nt/
  • (noun): ĭmʹplănt, /ˈɪmplænt/, /"Impl{nt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnt

Verb

implant (third-person singular simple present implants, present participle implanting, simple past and past participle implanted)

1. (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
2. (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
3. (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.

Synonyms

• (fix firmly or set securely or deeply): embed/imbed, engraft, engrain, graft, insert, instil/instill, plant, root
• (insert (something) surgically into the body): graft (from another part of the body)

Derived terms

• implantable

Related terms

• implantation

Translations

fix firmly or set securely and deeply

Finnish: istuttaa (fi), juurruttaa (fi), kiinnittää (fi)

insert (something) surgically into the body

Czech: implantovat (cs) Finnish: istuttaa (fi) French: implant (fr) m.

German: einpflanzen Romanian: implanta (ro)

of an embryo, to become embedded in the womb

Finnish: kiinnittyä (fi)

Noun

Wikipedia implant (plural implants)

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

Derived terms

• (breast implant): outplant

Translations

anything surgically implanted in the body

Czech: implantát (cs) m. Dutch: implantaat (nl) n. Finnish: istute (fi), implantaatti (fi), implantti (fi) French: implant (fr) m. German: Implantat (de) n.

Hungarian: implantátum (hu) Romanian: implantat (ro) n., implant (ro) n., implanturi (ro) n. pl. Russian: имплантат (ru) (implantát) m. Swedish: implantat (sv) n.

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French

Noun

implant m. (plural implants)

1. (medicine) implant