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implant

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See also: împlânt

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō. By surface analysis, im- +‎ plant.

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Verb

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implant (third-person singular simple present implants, present participle implanting, simple past and past participle implanted)

  1. (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
    • 1778, T. S., “Proposals for raising Female Regiments”, in The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 9, page 584:
      That strength of body is often equal to the courage of mind implanted in the fair sex, will not be denied by those who have seen the water-women of Plymouth; the female drudges of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; the fish-women of Billinsgate; the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm the fields; and the lowest beings of the feminine gender wo swagger in the streets of London.
  2. (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
    • 2007, Susan M. Ewing, Poodles for Dummies, Wiley publishing, Inc., page 206:
      If you prefer a “natural look” for your male Poodle, ask your vet about a vasectomy or implanting artificial testicles (called neuticles).
  3. (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.

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Translations

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insert (something) surgically into the body

Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

implant (plural implants)

  1. (medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
    • 2007, Julie Albrecht Royce, Traveling Michigan's Sunset Coast, Dog Ear Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 420:
      They existed at a time in history when shock therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour.
    • 2015 October 22, “Evaluation in a Dog Model of Three Antimicrobial Glassy Coatings: Prevention of Bone Loss around Implants and Microbial Assessments”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period.
  2. (travel) A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.

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Translations

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anything surgically implanted in the body

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Catalan

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Noun

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implant m (plural implants)

  1. (medicine) implant
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French

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Noun

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implant m (plural implants)

  1. (medicine) implant

Descendants

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  • Turkish: implant

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English implant, from Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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implant m inan

  1. (medicine) implant (anything surgically implanted in the body)
    Synonym: wszczep

Declension

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Declension of implant
singular plural
nominative implant implanty
genitive implantu implantów
dative implantowi implantom
accusative implant implanty
instrumental implantem implantami
locative implancie implantach
vocative implancie implanty

Derived terms

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verb
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nouns

Further reading

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  • implant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • implant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French implant.

Noun

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implant n (plural implanturi)

  1. implant

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative implant implantul implanturi implanturile
genitive-dative implant implantului implanturi implanturilor
vocative implantule implanturilor
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