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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals;
[syn: implantation, nidation]

2. the act of planting or setting in the ground;

3. a surgical procedure that places something in the human body;
- Example: "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. implantation.] The act or process of implanting. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

implantation n 1: (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals [syn: implantation, nidation] 2: the act of planting or setting in the ground 3: a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "implantation": absorption and regurgitation, brainwashing, catechization, conditioning, confirmation, deep-rootedness, deep-seatedness, dictation, embedment, entrance, entrenchment, establishment, fixation, fixedness, fixity, fixture, graft, grafting, imbuement, impaction, impactment, impregnation, impression, inculcation, indoctrination, infixation, infixion, infusion, injection, inoculation, insertion, insinuation, instillation, instillment, interjection, interpolation, introduction, intromission, inveteracy, penetration, perfusion, reindoctrination, stabilization, tessellation, transplant, transplantation