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implant

[im-plant, -plahnt, im-plant, -plahnt] / ɪmˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt, ˈɪmˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /
VERB
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

Boston Scientific expects challenges with its Watchman heart implant to continue into 2027 as doctors change their referral practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Lewis explained that he uses a cochlear implant to help him hear and understand speech, but he is unable to distinguish pitch because of the way the device operates.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

“An eejit is a person or animal with an implant in its head,” said Tam Lin.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Tumors grew back at the surgical site in just 1% of patients who got the implants, versus 12% of those who got the standard treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Five were listed as "wrong site" procedures, two involved incorrect implants, two involved retained objects such as swabs left inside patients, and one involved medicine administered by the incorrect route.

From BBC May 24, 2026

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

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

They implanted the keratin membranes into rats with skull defects that were large enough that they would not normally heal on their own.

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

But after the donor heart was implanted, it began beating straight away.

From BBC May 21, 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

In the afternoon, we head over to my father’s house, where we sit inside, scattered around the living room, hockey playing on yet another giant flat screen that has been implanted into the wall.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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

It is also common in IVF to screen embryos for genetic defects before implanting them and to discard those that are unlikely to result in a pregnancy or live birth.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2025

The treatment works by implanting leads into the spine of patients and electrically stimulating the spinal cord.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2024

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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