implant
pronunciation
How to pronounce implant in British English:
UK [ɪmˈplɑ:nt]
How to pronounce implant in American English:
US [ɪmˈplænt]
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- Noun:
- a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
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- Verb:
- fix or set securely or deeply
- become attached to and embedded in the uterus
- put firmly in the mind
Word Origin
- implant (v.)
- early 15c., from French implanter "to insert, engraft," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + planter "to plant" (see plant (n.)). Related: Implanted; implanting.
- implant (n.)
- 1890 as "thing implanted;" 1941 as "action of implanting," from implant (v.). Related: Implants, by 1981 as short for breast implants (1976).
Example
- 1. The implant is not a complete artificial eye .
- 2. In effect , they seem to be testing whether you can implant that approach in europe .
- 3. Research has shown that a brain implant that can record brain electrical activity directly can control a prosthetic device .
- 4. Nations with a history of colonial rule are especially likely to be bereft of the bene ts I have just listed , since colonial powers have not been remark - able for their zeal to implant civil liberties or democratic institutions among their underlings .
- 5. A glucose-powered implant would solve such problems .