implant
Americanverb (used with object)
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implants,
present (3rd person singular)
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implanted,
past participle, past
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implanting
present participle
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to put or fix firmly.
to implant sound principles in a child's mind.
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to plant securely.
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Medicine/Medical. to insert or graft (a tissue, organ, or inert substance) into the body.
noun
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implants
plural
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Medicine/Medical.
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any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
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medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
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Dentistry.
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an artificial tooth that has been inserted permanently into the jaw.
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a metal framework attached to the bones of the jaw for supporting artificial teeth.
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verb
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to establish firmly; inculcate; instil
to implant sound moral principles
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to plant or embed; infix; entrench
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surgery
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to graft (a tissue) into the body
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to insert (a radioactive substance, hormone, etc) into the tissues
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noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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implantsimple
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implantssimple
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have implantedperfect
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has implantedperfect
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am implantingprogressive
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are implantingprogressive
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is implantingprogressive
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have been implantingperfect progressive
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has been implantingperfect progressive
Past
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implantedsimple
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had implantedperfect
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was implantingprogressive
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were implantingprogressive
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had been implantingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of implant
Explanation
When you implant something, you place or embed it solidly: you might implant marbles in the damp concrete of a newly poured sidewalk, for example. There are a couple of different ways to implant something — the first is to physically fix an item deeply, the way you might implant a croquet wicket in the ground. A more figurative way to implant is to settle an idea into someone's mind. You could accidentally implant a fear of highway driving in your younger brother's mind, for example, by telling him stories of traffic accidents. Implant comes from the French word implanter, "to insert."
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Since his diagnosis, Holmes has had to relearn how to walk, is profoundly deaf and has a cochlear implant.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Peter’s inner despair gets externalized when he invents a genetic inhibitor neck implant to tamp down his sensitivity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Boston Scientific expects challenges with its Watchman heart implant to continue into 2027 as doctors change their referral practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Trial data released in March found that the implant was just as effective at preventing strokes as standard daily blood thinners, and significantly safer when it came to bleeding risks.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Did he think it through as carefully as he should have when he took a multi-million-dollar position on a method of breeding “super cattle” by hormone injection and embryonic implant?
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Harbour: A lot of tragedy and Botox and implants gone wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Niffakoq are enhanced by six niks, small brain implants that increase their physical and mental abilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She says the technology could also be adapted to help protect sensitive parts of the body during MRI exams by reducing unwanted heating around medical implants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Five were listed as "wrong site" procedures, two involved incorrect implants, two involved retained objects such as swabs left inside patients, and one involved medicine administered by the incorrect route.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
If El Patron’s mind was slipping, it meant he was ready for another dose of fetal brain implants.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
They implanted the keratin membranes into rats with skull defects that were large enough that they would not normally heal on their own.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Testosterone therapy can be delivered through the application of a daily gel, weekly home injections, twice-a-day pills or an implanted pellet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But after the donor heart was implanted, it began beating straight away.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Neuralink is developing tiny computer chips that can be implanted in the human brain, with the stated goal of helping people with paralysis or neurological conditions communicate using only their thoughts.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
It would move in a straight fine until Matt told it to go right or left, and it wouldn’t pass the boundary implanted in its brain.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
The new method involved implanting a lengthening nail on the surface of Alfie's right thigh bone, which is slowly pulled over time using magnets.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
In clinical terms, IVF involves removing eggs from a woman, fertilizing them in a lab with sperm and implanting embryos in the uterus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Swiss researchers meanwhile have enabled several paralysed people to regain significant control of their body -- including walking again -- by implanting electrodes into their spinal cords.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
It is also common in IVF to screen embryos for genetic defects before implanting them and to discard those that are unlikely to result in a pregnancy or live birth.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
That may explain why some were willing to sell their teeth to their master for implanting in his own mouth.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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