Crossword clues for implantation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. implantation.] The act or process of implanting.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from French implantation, noun of action from implanter (see implant (v.)).
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) The act of inserting a medical implant. 5 (context embryology English) The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall. 6 (context physics English) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.
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 implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"
Wikipedia
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 adhesion that the foetus receives oxygen and nutrients from the mother to be able to grow.
In humans, implantation of a fertilized ovum is most likely to occur about 9 days after ovulation, ranging between 6 and 12 days.
Implantation may have the following meanings.
- Implantation (human embryo), an event that occurs early in human pregnancy in which the human embryo adheres to the wall of the uterus
- Ion implantation, insertion of ions, in semiconductor device fabrication
- Implant (medicine), insertion of implants
- Endometrial transplantation as part of the theory of retrograde menstruation in endometriosis
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.