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implant

[im-plant, -plahnt, im-plant, -plahnt] / ɪmˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt, ˈɪmˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /
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insert
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The embryo must successfully implant, and then even after implantation and a positive pregnancy test there’s risk of miscarriage.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

Since his diagnosis, Holmes has had to relearn how to walk, is profoundly deaf and has a cochlear implant.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

“My cochlear implant, it breaks everything down into digital bits so I can understand,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The company is looking for $2.5 million as it heads towards human trials, hoping to implant its products into patients by 2028, Herrera said.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Her cheek was feathered in creases from Pet’s shoulder, and her estrogen implant was chilly in her arm.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

I’d rather own the companies selling devices, implants, injectables and disposable products to thousands of those clinics.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

The team also produced nanocrystals from several related nitride materials, including titanium nitride, which is used in medical implants; niobium nitride, an important industrial superconductor; and molybdenum nitride, which is commonly used as a catalyst.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Harbour: A lot of tragedy and Botox and implants gone wrong.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Human trials in Europe are already under way, testing engineered cartilage implants developed at the University of Basel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Their brains were filled with quiet joy from implants in their skulls.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The treatment uses implanted electrodes to deliver small electrical pulses to areas located deep inside the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

The specifics of Martha Graham’s choreography notwithstanding, it is the bright openness of Copland’s music, its resolutely optimistic cast—particularly his reworking of the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”—that has implanted itself in the national imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

A successful transplant hinges on several factors, including finding the right match and ensuring the body does not reject the new organ once implanted.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Neuralink is developing tiny computer chips that can be implanted in the human brain, with the stated goal of helping people with paralysis or neurological conditions communicate using only their thoughts.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

When he was very little, before a piece of his hip bone was surgically implanted into his lower jaw, he really had no chin at all.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

In an early phase clinical trial, doctors are implanting specially engineered stem cells into the brain.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 2026

The new method involved implanting a lengthening nail on the surface of Alfie's right thigh bone, which is slowly pulled over time using magnets.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

In clinical terms, IVF involves removing eggs from a woman, fertilizing them in a lab with sperm and implanting embryos in the uterus.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Swiss researchers meanwhile have enabled several paralysed people to regain significant control of their body -- including walking again -- by implanting electrodes into their spinal cords.

From Barron's Nov. 12, 2025

That may explain why some were willing to sell their teeth to their master for implanting in his own mouth.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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