implantable

[ im-plan-tuh-buhl, -plahn- ]

adjective
  1. capable of being implanted.

  2. pertaining to a device, as a micropump or porous polymer membrane, for surgical insertion under the skin for the controlled release of a drug.

noun
  1. Surgery. a material, foreign to the body, that can be implanted without undue risk of rejection.

Origin of implantable

1
First recorded in 1955–60; implant + -able

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