Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definitions: Implantation |
ImplantationNoun1. (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals. 2. The act of implanting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "implantation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1930. (references) |
Etymology: Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression implantation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The insertion or grafting into the body of biological, living, inert, or radioactive material. (references) |
Medicine | Of radioactive seeds or pellets which emit low energy radiation in order to kill surrounding tissue. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ImplantationSynonym: nidation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insertion | Noun: insertion, implantation, introduction; insinuation; (intervention); planting; Verb: injection, inoculation, importation, infusion; forcible ingress; immersion; submersion, submergence, dip, plunge; bath; (water); interment. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Age, per se, is not a contraindication to implantation. (references) | |
No mortalities have been attributed to cochlear implantation. (references) | ||
Traditionally, implantation candidacy was limited to persons in good health. (references) | ||
Business | These range from the purchase of land for cultivation and the implantation of new species (the price of land fit for forestry with high rates of growth is the lowest in South America) to opportunities to introduce new technologies and to import machinery. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Implantation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Implantation" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "implantation": Blade Implantation ♦ Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation ♦ Breast Implantation ♦ Cochlear Implantation ♦ Dental Implantation ♦ Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ♦ ion implantation ♦ Mandibular Prosthesis Implantation ♦ Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation ♦ Ovum Implantation ♦ Penile Implantation ♦ Prosthesis Implantation. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "implantation": post-implantation, pre-implantation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
implantation bleeding | 832 |
pregnancy implantation | 147 |
implantation spotting | 131 |
implantation | 87 |
cramping implantation | 65 |
embryo implantation | 40 |
implantation sign | 39 |
implantation symptom | 37 |
cramp implantation | 34 |
egg implantation | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "implantation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | transplantim (grafting, transplantation), rrënjosje (inculpation, inveteracy), ngulitje (fixation, inculcation, inculpation). (various references) | |
Arabic | الغرس, الإزدراع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слагане (application, apposition, laying, placement), втълпяване (implanting, indoctrination, instillation, instilment), внедряване (impregnation, inculcation), вдъхване (implanting, infusion, inoculation, inspiration), насаждане (inculcation), поставяне (administration, application, apposition, laying, mounting, placement, production), посадка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 安". (various references) | |
Czech | implantace. (various references) | |
Danish | implantation (nidation). (various references) | |
Dutch | implantatie. (various references) | |
Finnish | implantaatio (nidation), kiinnittyminen (fixation, nidation), kiinnittäminen (fixation, nidation, restraint), hampaan istutus, hampaan implantaatio. (various references) | |
French | implantation (implanting). (various references) | |
German | implantation (nidation), Einimpfung (inculcation, insemination). (various references) | |
Greek | εμφύτευση (nidation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "שרש" (implanting, rooting, striking roots). (various references) | |
Hungarian | beültetés (implanting). (various references) | |
Italian | impianto (development, establishment, facility, fixture, framework, harnessing of a single site or location, harnessing of a stream, implant, installation, machinery, nidation, physical plant, plant, plantation, project, rig, scheme, system). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 着床 , 移植 (engrafting, porting, transplanting). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いしょく (different color, engrafting, entrusting, food and clothing, livelihood, living, novelty, porting, transplanting, unique), ちゃくしょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 주입 (injection). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | implantationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | implantação (implausible, lay out, laying out, layout, location, setting out, siting, stacking, visual), implantação, nidação do embrião na mucosa do útero da mãe, cerca de seis dias após a concepção (implant), estabelecer (base, build up, constitute, determine, enplane, enter into, erect, establish, fix a date, fixable, found, impose, institute, lay down, make, make out, make up, ordain, organized, prescribe, seat, set, set up, settle, situate, stipulate, to establish a tax on something). (various references) | |
Romanian | sãdire (plantation). (various references) | |
Russian | имплантация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | implantacija, usađivanje (implanting, instillation, instilment). (various references) | |
Spanish | implantación (grafting, implant, implementation, nidation, transplantation). (various references) | |
Swedish | implantation, plantering (plantation, planted plot, planting). (various references) | |
Turkish | yerine koyma (bestowal, replacement, substitution), emplantasyon, aklına sokma, aşılama (fertilization, grafting, immunization, impregnation, infusion, inoculation, instillation, instillment, instilment, vaccinal, vaccination). (various references) | |
Ukranian | імплантація, садіння, насаджування (inculcation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cắm chặt v o sự ghi nhớ, sự đóng sâu v o. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | monstrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "implantation": implantations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "implantation": preimplantation, reimplantation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "implantation": reimplantations. (additional references) | |
| |
"Implantation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impantation, implentation, implination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "implantation" (pronounced i'mpla"ntā"shun) |
| 6 | -n t ā" sh u n | argumentation, augmentation, confrontation, disorientation, documentation, experimentation, fermentation, fragmentation, implementation, incantation, indentation, instrumentation, misrepresentation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, recantation, regimentation, representation, sedimentation, segmentation, transplantation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disputation, dissertation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, exploitation, facilitation, flirtation, flotation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, importation, imputation, incapacitation, incrustation, infestation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, molestation, mutation, notation, palpitation, permutation, precipitation, premeditation, protestation, quotation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: antimonial, lamination, patination, plantation. | |
-3 letters: animation, palmation, planation. | |
-4 letters: amanitin, antiatom, lipomata, maintain, mannitol, militant, natation, national, palmitin, plantain, pointman, talapoin. | |
-5 letters: alation, animato, annatto, antiman, antipot, antlion, impaint, implant, intimal, lampion, maintop, matinal, nitinol, nominal, optimal, pinitol, pintail, pintano, platina, ptomain, talipot, tampion, tilapia, timpana, timpani, timpano, titania. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: implantations. | |
+2 letters: reimplantation. | |
+3 letters: outmanipulating, preimplantation, reimplantations. | |
+5 letters: hyperalimentation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 6C 61 6E 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-.. .- -. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p l a n t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 006C 0061 006E 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)437982786780866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
