to implant
- verb
- /ɪmˈplænt/
- Specialized
- I glanced down at the chip implanted on the inside of my right wrist.
- implant electrodes
- implant surgically
- implant a device
Would you implant a neural link device in your own brain?
- Would you implant a neural link device in your own brain?
- We had gotten a virtual marriage license earlier that morning while I was in the OR getting prepped for a port to be implanted into my chest.
- So just even the implanting is is difficult.
- So they can implant on the side walls of your body, they can implant on the bladder, the bowel, the under surface of the diaphragm.
- That's a significant generally not if you implant it the right way, but it requires a lot of very low level getting the language right bits.
Examples
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Many hurdles need to be cleared before a printed organ can be implanted into a human patient.
Academic text (2012) -
One way you might use it to treat disease is to implant these things into areas of the body where there aren't enough blood vessels.
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On the other hand, clearly having the surgery to implant this is some risk.
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Would you implant a neural link device in your own brain?
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I think of the steel rod that the surgeon implanted in her back.
Fiction book (1997) -
We implant it in the peritoneal cavity.
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So the way that it engages is we surgically implant it into your throat.
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The tracking device implanted in him during his captivity on Earth 113 will lead us to our home world.
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Pacemakers powered by Betacel batteries were implanted in more than 100 patients before the program was terminated.
Academic text (2012) -
The doctor will implant a pacemaker to help regulate his heartbeat.
Synonyms
To attach something to a surface or push it into with a point
To attach something firmly so it does not move
Fix firmly inside another material so it becomes part of it
To press something deeply into a surface
Hold something in place so it cannot move
To make someone stay in one place or keep their attention on something
Push something into another thing so it goes inside
To put or set something firmly in a place so it does not move
To attach something to another thing by sticking or fastening it
To press something firmly into a surface so it is hard to remove
Attach something to a wall or wood by turning a metal piece into it
To put something firmly in a chosen place, often for machines or heavy equipment
To put something firmly into a material so it stays there
To fix something firmly so it becomes part of something else
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that doctors put inside a breast to rebuild or enlarge it
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A device put into the penis by surgery to help men who cannot get an erection
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A small metal piece placed in the jaw to hold a new artificial tooth
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A small artificial lens placed in the eye that moves to help you see near and far
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A clear artificial lens placed in the eye to replace a cloudy natural lens after cataract surgery
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An artificial lens with one focus placed in the eye to give clear distance vision after cataract surgery
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An artificial device put in the eye that helps you see near and far without glasses
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A clear artificial lens placed inside the eye to replace the natural lens after cataract surgery
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Implant comes from old parts in- 'into' and plant 'to put in the ground', so it originally meant 'to plant inside'. So when technicians or surgeons implant something, they are literally 'planting' it firmly into a body or surface.