implant

[ verb im-plant, -plahnt; noun im-plant, -plahnt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to put or fix firmly:

   to implant sound principles in a child's mind.

2. to plant securely.
3. Medicine/Medical. to insert or graft (a tissue, organ, or inert substance) into the body.

noun

1. Medicine/Medical.
   1. any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
   2. medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
   3. implantation ( def 1 ).
2. Dentistry.
   1. an artificial tooth that has been inserted permanently into the jaw.
   2. a metal framework attached to the bones of the jaw for supporting artificial teeth.

implant

verb

1. to establish firmly; inculcate; instil

   to implant sound moral principles

2. to plant or embed; infix; entrench
3. surgery
   1. to graft (a tissue) into the body
   2. to insert (a radioactive substance, hormone, etc) into the tissues

noun

1. anything implanted, esp surgically, such as a tissue graft or hormone

implant

Noun

1. Something that is placed, usually surgically, within a living body, as grafted tissue or a medical device, such as a pacemaker .

Verb

1. To become attached to and embedded in the maternal uterine lining. Used of a fertilized egg.

Derived Forms

• imˈplanter, noun

Other Words From

• im·planter noun
• unim·planted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of implant¹

First recorded in 1535–45; im- ¹ + plant

Example Sentences

Scientists may develop new ways to treat diseases, but drugs and implants could also be used to control our thoughts and emotions, or even change who we are — the stuff of dystopian novels.

From Science News

Unlike engineering, the solution to the brain isn’t more channels or more implants.

From Singularity Hub 

Rather than removing the entire implant, it could potentially be useful to leave the threads inside the brain and only remove the top cap—the Link device that contains the processing chip.

From Singularity Hub 

The electrodes of the implant itself are “sewn” into the brain with automated robotic surgery, relying on brain imaging techniques to avoid blood vessels and reduce brain bleeding.

From Singularity Hub 

Researchers gave mixed reviews of Elon Musk’s colorful demonstration on Friday of Neuralink, his sci-fi startup that’s developing a brain implant.

From Fortune

I can see the implant in there, and see where the muscle is snatching that implant up.

From The Daily Beast

McDonough helped create an implant prototype, but in the end, “nothing happened to it,” Williams said in court testimony.

From The Daily Beast

After he removed the plastic implant, her skin cleared up completely.

From The Daily Beast

Food critic and travel writer Lucy Knisley added a comic discussing her personal experiences with the birth control implant.

From The Daily Beast

October 2012 saw her follow the surgery by spending an additional $16,000 on a rhinoplasty and a chin implant.

From The Daily Beast

How could we avoid receiving, in our infancy, whatever impressions and opinions our teachers and relations chose to implant in us?

From Project Gutenberg

She had made an effort to keep her children from harmful influences and to implant in them a hate for these things.

From Project Gutenberg

In their cases the mistress has no bad impressions to efface and she can implant her own modes in virgin soil.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor is it a slight proof of the mighty power of love that it can thus implant fear in the breast of a sailor.

From Project Gutenberg

If he have sense and abilities, they ought rather to guard his bosom from so contemptible an inmate, than implant it there.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• embed
• fix
• instill