implantable

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

/ ɪmˈplæn tə bəl, -ˈplɑn- /

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adjective

capable of being implanted.

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

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

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Origin of implantable

First recorded in 1955–60; implant + -able

Words nearby implantable

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How to use implantable in a sentence

For these reasons, scientists are developing implantable technologies that use pulses of electricity to debug the neural circuits underlying disability and disease.
How to Unlearn a Disease - Issue 103: Healthy Communication|Kelly Clancy|July 14, 2021|Nautilus
While scientists recently developed implantable wireless optogenetic devices, these depend on relatively simple remote controls or limited sets of preprogrammed instructions.
Scientists remotely controlled the social behavior of mice with light|Charles Q. Choi|May 10, 2021|Science News
These new fully implantable optogenetic arrays for mice and rats can enable more sophisticated research.
Scientists remotely controlled the social behavior of mice with light|Charles Q. Choi|May 10, 2021|Science News
Researchers tested the first implantable device in patients in the United States in 1967.
50 years ago, researchers treated chronic pain with electricity|Erin Garcia de Jesus|March 17, 2021|Science News

The device — the paddles often wielded in television medical dramas — quickly entered widespread use and led to more advanced implantable cardioverter-defibrillators placed inside the chest.
Bernard Lown, physician who rallied doctors against nuclear war, dies at 99|Emily Langer|February 18, 2021|Washington Post