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The act of implanting
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implantation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals [syn: nidation ] the act of planting or setting in the ground a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the ...
Wikipedia
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In humans (as in all other mammals , except for monotremes ), implantation is the very early stage of pregnancy at which the conceptus adheres to the wall of the uterus . At this stage of prenatal development , the conceptus is a blastocyst . It is by this ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) 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 (context surgery English) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from French implantation , noun of action from implanter (see implant (v.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. implantation.] The act or process of implanting.
Usage examples of implantation.
Thursday morning, teams of Bureau technicians and outside consultants from the private sector had pored through enough of the Moonhawk data in Sun to determine that the project had dealt strictly with the implantation of a nonbiological control mechanism that had resulted in profound physiological changes in the victims.
The worm entailed risks: implantation and direct-to-brain wiring was always tricky, could leave you a mental cripple if the operation went wrong, and the oldsters had never quite been able to face that possibility.
During the days before the embryos were ready for implantation, while Volescu was no doubt trying frantically to devise some nondestructive procedure that he could pretend was a genetic test, Petra was glad not to have to stay in the hospital personally watching over the embryos the whole time.
Carelessness there may have been but the idea of the deliberate implantation of any explosive device passes belief.
The implantation was so successful we can hold back absolutely nothing.
Of course, there was that incident on the eighteenth level down when the gun implantations had been—for the first time—in the ceilings, and four men had been brought down before everyone had gotten back out of firing range.
Remembering how pleased she had been to receive her first implantation, Cipriano did not look forward to the moment when he would have to confront her with the news.
There might be something to say for implantation after all if the process resulted in such superbly fit people.