implantation
Americannoun
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the act of implanting.
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the state of being implanted.
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Pathology.
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the movement of cells to a new region.
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metastasis, when spontaneous.
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Medicine/Medical. the application of solid medicine underneath the skin.
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Embryology. the attachment of the early embryo to the lining of the uterus.
Etymology
Origin of implantation
Example Sentences
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Mayo Clinic cardiologist Paul A. Friedman turned to ChatGPT when he needed to weigh in on the case of a patient who needed a defibrillator implantation a few days after having heart surgery.
Her dose was gradually increased to the maximum before and after electrode implantation, since diabetes increases infection risks following surgery.
From Science Daily
"Rather than ion implantation, molecular beam epitaxy was used to precisely incorporate gallium atoms into the germanium's crystal lattice," says Julian Steele, a physicist at the University of Queensland and a co-author of the study.
From Science Daily
Four to five weeks after implantation of the chip in one eye, patients began using the glasses.
From Science Daily
They had two options – either have a version of IVF whereby the embryo is tested for the gene before implantation, or conceive naturally and have the developing embryo tested.
From BBC
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