implantation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French implantation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmplɑːnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

implantation (countable and uncountable, plural implantations)

1. (anatomy) The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.
2. Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.
3. The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind.
4. (surgery) The act of inserting a medical implant.
5. (embryology) The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall.
6. (physics) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.

Derived terms

• anti-implantation
• implantation bleeding

Translations

anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place

• Bulgarian: имплантация f (implantacija)
• Finnish: kiinnittyminen
• German: Implantation f
• Polish: implantacja f
• Romanian: implantare (ro) f
• Russian: импланта́ция (ru) f (implantácija)
• Ukrainian: імпланта́ція f (implantácija)

securing of a plant

• Bulgarian: засаждане n (zasaždane)
• Finnish: istuttaminen (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çeqîn (ku), çikilîn (ku)

• Portuguese: plantação (pt) f, plantio (pt) m

introduction of an idea

• Bulgarian: внушаване (bg) n (vnušavane)
• Finnish: kiinnittyminen
• Portuguese: implantação (pt) f

surgery: act of inserting an implant

• Bulgarian: присаждане n (prisaždane), имплантация f (implantacija)
• Finnish: implantaatio, istutus (fi)
• German: Implantation f
• Hungarian: beültetés (hu)
• Maori: kuhinga
• Polish: wszczepienie n, implantacja f
• Portuguese: implantação (pt) f
• Romanian: implantare (ro) f, implantație (ro) f, implantări f pl
• Russian: импланта́ция (ru) f (implantácija)
• Ukrainian: імпланта́ція f (implantácija)

embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum

• Finnish: kiinnittyminen
• French: implantation (fr) f
• Hungarian: beágyazódás (hu), implantáció (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çeqîn (ku)

• Portuguese: implantação (pt) f, nidação
• Romanian: implantare embrională f, implantare de embrion f

physics: insertion of ions into crystal structure

• Finnish: istutus (fi)
• French: implantation (fr) f
• Portuguese: implantação de íons f
• Romanian: implantare (ro) f, inserție ionică

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} implantation (fr) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} implantación (es) f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.plɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

implantation f (plural implantations)

1. implantation

Further reading

• “implantation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.