Definitions for implant

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implant im·plant

Spelling: [verb im-plant, -plahnt; noun Implant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 216 anagrams from letters in implant (ailmnpt).

Definitions for implant

noun

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

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of implant

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

Examples for implant

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

In Germany, for instance, you create one embryo and you implant that embryo.

That is not to be wondered at, either, for we have done all we can to implant it there.

He is the best doctor who can implant hope and courage in the human soul.

"implant lessons of virtue and well-doing in earliest childhood," says Plato.

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

You will also begin to implant in the boy's mind a desire for travel.

However, if several embryos do progress, it can be dangerous to implant them all, since that can lead to multiple pregnancies.

And as with the idea of property, so is it with all the other ideas which we have sought to implant in them.

Every act initiates a new habit and may implant a new instinct.