Implant Definition

ĭm-plănt
implanted, implanting, implants
verb
implanted, implanting, implants
To plant firmly or deeply; embed.
Webster's New World
To fix firmly in the mind; instill; inculcate.
Webster's New World
To insert or embed (an object or a device) surgically.
Implant a drug capsule; implant a pacemaker.
American Heritage
To insert (an organ, prosthetic device, living tissue, etc.) within the body.
Webster's New World
To become attached to and embedded in the uterine lining. Used of a fertilized egg.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
implants
An implanted organ, device, etc.
Webster's New World
(travel) A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Implant

Noun

Singular:
implant
Plural:
implants

Origin of Implant

  • Middle English implanten from Medieval Latin implantāre Latin in- in in–2 Latin plantāre to plant (from planta a shoot plant)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō.

    From Wiktionary

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