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Definitions: Implant |
ImplantNoun1. A prosthesis placed permanently in tissue. Verb1. To fix or set securely or deeply: "Kneeling, Cobb planted a sturdy knee in the small of his back,". 2. Put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "implant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Note: Implant \Im*plant"\v. t. [imperative past participle Implanted; present participle verb or noun Implanting.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | A graft or insert set firmly or deeply into or onto the alveolar process prepared for its insertion. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A radioactive material, or radioactive material in a suitable container, embedded permanently or temporarily in a tissue for therapeutic purposes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ImplantSynonyms: embed (v), engraft (v), imbed (v), plant (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insertion | Graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant; dovetail. |
Teaching | Inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Implant |
| English words defined with "implant": breast implant ♦ dental implant, deposit ♦ Enrace, Enroot ♦ heart valve ♦ Implanting, Inracinate ♦ lens implant, Lodge ♦ penile implant ♦ Reimplant ♦ shunt ♦ wedge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "implant": Bisphenol A-Glycidyl Methacrylate, Blade Implantation ♦ Coated Materials, Biocompatible, cochlear implant ♦ Dental Abutments, Dental Implantation, Endosseous ♦ implant radiation, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATOR, internal radiation, intracochlear implant, ION IMPLANT MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ Orbital Implants, Ossicular Prosthesis, Ossicular Replacement ♦ planar implant, POLISHER, IMPLANT ♦ radioactive implant ♦ scala tympani implant ♦ volume implant ♦ wafer fab operator. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Implant" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (implant). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Another way of encouraging regeneration is to implant fetal tissue. (references) | |
Auditory performance with a cochlear implant varies among individuals. (references) | ||
The results of electrophysiologic tests do not predict implant success. (references) | ||
Business | The clinic has found a growing market among the high wage earning local population, with emphasis on providing high quality and affordably priced full service dental with a focus on cosmetic and implant orthodontic services. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | According to local regulations in at least one province, women who do not qualify for a Family Planning Certificate that allows them to have a child must use an intrauterine device (IUD) or implant. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Implant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.22% of the time. "Implant" is used about 143 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) | 76.22% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 20.28% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 143 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Implant Sciences Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "implant": breast implant ♦ cochlear implant ♦ dental implant ♦ implant itself ♦ implant radiation ♦ Implant removal ♦ intracochlear implant ♦ lens implant ♦ Norplant Implant ♦ penile implant ♦ planar implant ♦ radioactive implant ♦ scala tympani implant ♦ volume implant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "implant": Implant-Supported. | |
Ending with "implant": bio-implant, re-implant. | |
| 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 |
breast implant | 5,152 |
dental implant | 1,107 |
implant | 767 |
cochlear implant | 555 |
penile implant | 349 |
implant rate | 263 |
butt implant | 243 |
tooth implant | 181 |
penis implant | 168 |
chin implant | 149 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "implant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | transplantoj (graft, prick out, transplant), rrënjos (engraft, enroot, establish, inculcate, instil, instill, plant, root, root in, strike), ngulit (affix, embed, impress, imprint, inculcate), ngulis (affix, embed, impress, imprint, inculcate). (various references) | |
Arabic | نسيج حر مزدرع, غرس (ingrain, instill, plant, planting), غرز (batter, bog, drawing pin, impact, jam, lodge, pike, plant, plunge, poke, push, sink, stab, stick, stick in, thrust), زرع (crop, cultivate, grow, lay, plant, plantation, planting, put in, rear, seed, sow, sowing, vegetate), طعم (diet, engraft, feed, fill, inlay, inoculate, keep, nourish, relish, savor, savour, taste, transplant, troll), إزدرع, رسخ (embed, entrench, establish, firm, fix, instill, plant, print, root, stabilize), شتل (plant, transplant, transplantation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слагам (apply, deposit, fit in, fix, ground, impose, lay, lay down, pass, pitch, place, plank down, pop, posit, position, pull on, put, put down, put in, put on, put to, rest, run, set, sew on, ship, stand, stick, stick down, vat), внушавам (carry, imprint, inspire, prompt, put an idea into smb.'s head, suggest), внедрявам (impregnate, inculcate, instil, introduce, plant, root), вдъхвам (ensoul, imbue, inbreathe, inform, inhale, inoculate, inspire, prepossess, prompt, snort), насаждам (engraft, fix, imbue, inculcate, inform, instill, plant, set, set out), закрепвам (embed, fix, fixate, imbed, make fast, poise, underset), присаждам (bud, engraft, graft), имплантация, имплантирам. (various references) | |
Chinese | 植入管. (various references) | |
Czech | implantovat, implantát, zasadit (bed, deliver, enroot, fit in, inflict, lay on, set), vštípit (engrave, imprint, inculcate, instill, plant). (various references) | |
Danish | implantat (radioactive implant), implantabletta. (various references) | |
Dutch | implantatieapparaat, implantaat (radioactive implant). (various references) | |
Farsi | فروکردن (Dig, Embed, Inculcate, Infix, Jam, Poach, Thrust), کاشتن (Grow, Husband, Inseminate, Plant, Seed), کاشت , جای دادن (Place), القاء کردن (Excite, Induct, Infuse, Inspire). (various references) | |
Finnish | radioaktiivinen implantti (radioactive implant), radioaktiivinen implantaatti (radioactive implant). (various references) | |
French | implanter (import), implante (implants), implant radioactif (radioactive implant), implant dentaire, implant, service de voyages, greffer, enraciner. (various references) | |
German | einpflanzen (get in, infix, plant). (various references) | |
Greek | εμφυτεύω (plant, seed). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשתול (plant), ל טוע (establish, insert, plant, set up, shoot). (various references) | |
Hungarian | beolt (engraft, ingraft, inject, inoculate, to inoculate, vaccinate), beültet (to crop, to hedge, to put a district under timber). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mencagakkan (place on a post), menanamkan (impart, invest), enten (graft). (various references) | |
Italian | instillare (infuse, instil, instill), innesto (branch, cion, clutching, connection, connexion, coupling, dog, graft, grafted vine, grafting, implantation, joint, junction, locking, radioactive implant, scion, side road, signing intersection, tenon), innestare (be inserted, clutch, connect, couple, engage, engraft, graft, insert, join, throw in, to connect, to couple, to graft), infondere (infuse, inspire, instil, instill), infissione (radioactive implant), inculcare (inculcate, instil, instill), impianto (development, establishment, facility, fixture, framework, harnessing of a single site or location, harnessing of a stream, implantation, installation, machinery, nidation, physical plant, plant, plantation, project, rig, scheme, system), impiantare (establish, fit, instal, install, set up), sostanza innestata, fissare (affix, appoint, arrange, assess, assign, attach, be fixed, bind, block, book, clamp, designate, destine, determine, establish, eye, fasten, fix, gaze, grip, make, make fast, make firm, mount, name, peer, pin, pin down, plant, reserve, rivet, root, schedule, secure, set, set up, settle, stare, stipulate, to fasten). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 注ぎ込む (to imbue, to implant, to impregnate, to infuse, to inject, to instill, to invest in, to pour into, to put into). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そそぎ"む (to imbue, to implant, to impregnate, to infuse, to inject, to instill, to invest in, to pour into, to put into), つぎ"む (to imbue, to implant, to impregnate, to infuse, to inject, to instill, to invest in, to pour into, to put into). (various references) | |
Korean | 이식하십시". (various references) | |
Manx | soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situate, situation, station, synchronize), cuirr 'sy thalloo, cuirr (disseminate, dissemination, grow, invite, let down, plan, set, shoot, shoot as nets, sow). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | implantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inserir (enquire, inflame, insert, inset, introduce, let loose, put in, work in, write in), insensível (blind, callous, chill, cold blooded, cold-hearted, coldlivered, flint hearted, flinty, frozen chicken, hard, hard boiled, hard-hearted, immune, impassive, impervious, impetigo, indifferent, indolent, indolently, inhumane, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inswept, irresponsive, keen, laodicean, lukewarm, marble, seared, stony, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic), implante, implantar (engraft, enplane, instal, install, Lodge), nidação do embrião na mucosa do útero da mãe, cerca de seis dias após a concepção (implantation), firmar (base, cement, clench, confirm, consolidate, embed, enplane, fasten, firm, fix, guy, hoop, joggle, key chain, nail, plant, rivet, root, secure, set, sign, stabilize, steady, stiffen, underwrite), enxertar (bud, engraft, graft, ingrain, inoculation, transplant), arraigar (root). (various references) | |
Romanian | inculca (inculcate, inoculate, instil, instill), implanta (infix), implant, sãdi (Dibble, hole, plant, print, set). (various references) | |
Russian | внушать (command, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, inspire, instill, will), внедрять (embed, engrain, enroot, imbed, impregnate, inculcate, intrude, plant, root), насаждать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | usaditi (instill), posaditi (plant). (various references) | |
Spanish | implante (radioactive implant), implantar (implement, plant). (various references) | |
Swedish | inplantera (naturalize, to prick out, to transplant). (various references) | |
Turkish | nakletmek (bear, bring forward, carry, carry forward, carry over, communicate, convey, freight, graft, recount, remove, route, ship, transfer, transplant, transport, wear), aklına sokmak (impress). (various references) | |
Ukranian | імплантувати, імплантант, садити, вселяти (chum, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, strike). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | infigar, infixa, infixae, infixit, infixitque, infixum, infixus, ingenero, inspirans, inspirata, inspirati, inspiravit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "implant": implantable, implantation, implantations, implanted, implanter, implanters, implanting, implants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "implant": reimplant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "implant": preimplantation, reimplantation, reimplantations, reimplanted, reimplanting, reimplants. (additional references) | |
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"Implant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amplatz, emplant, enplant, Impianti, implemt, implent, impulent, inplant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "implant" (pronounced i'mpla"nt or i"mpla'nt) |
| 5 | -p l a" n t | plant, replant, supplant, transplant. |
| 4 | -l a" n t | slant. |
| 3 | -a" n t | ant, Aunt, Brant, cant, chant, decant, disenchant, enchant, grant, incant, levant, pant, Quant, rant, recant, scant. |
| 5 | -p l a' n t | eggplant. |
| 3 | -a' n t | confidante. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-n-p-t" | |
-1 letter: pitman, plaint, pliant. | |
-2 letters: inapt, lapin, liman, limpa, matin, milpa, paint, patin, pinta, plain, plait, plant. | |
-3 letters: alit, amin, anil, anti, lain, lamp, lati, lima, limn, limp, lint, lipa, mail, main, malt, milt, mina, mint, nail, nipa, pail, pain, palm, pant, pial, pian, pima, pina, pint, pita, plan, plat, tail, tain, tali, tamp. | |
-4 letters: ail, aim, ain, ait, alp, alt, ami, amp, ani, ant, apt, imp, lam, lap, lat, lin, lip, lit, man, map, mat, mil, nam, nap, nil, nim, nip, nit, pal, pam, pan, pat, pia, pin, pit, tam, tan, tap, til, tin, tip. | |
-5 letters: ai, al, am, an, at, in, it, la, li, ma, mi, na, pa, pi, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: implants, misplant, palmitin, platinum. | |
+2 letters: complaint, compliant, implanted, implanter, misplants, palmation, palmitins, penultima, platinums, reimplant, trampling. | |
+3 letters: complaints, impalement, implanters, implanting, manipulate, misplanted, multipaned, multiplant, nonoptimal, palmations, parliament, pedimental, penultimas, planimeter, reimplants, trampoline. | |
+4 letters: amylopectin, compilation, complainant, complaisant, compliantly, impalements, impatiently, implantable, implicating, implication, importantly, incompliant, kleptomania, malposition, manipulated, manipulates, manipulator, mantelpiece, misplanting, parliaments, paternalism, patrimonial, penultimate, phantomlike, planetarium, planimeters, planimetric, platemaking, preterminal, promotional, reimplanted, sempiternal, toponymical, trampoliner, trampolines. | |
+5 letters: amylopectins, antimonopoly, compellation, compilations, complainants, complexation, complicating, complication, componential, cosmopolitan, displacement, epithalamion, experimental, impenetrable, impenetrably, implantation, implications, incompatible, incompatibly, incomputable, incomputably, kleptomaniac, kleptomanias, malpositions, manipulating, manipulation, manipulative, manipulators, manipulatory, mantelpieces, metropolitan, misplacement, multiplicand, municipality, noncompliant, palindromist, paternalisms, phentolamine, pinealectomy, planetariums, planetesimal, platemakings, premalignant, proclamation, promulgating, promulgation, prothalamion, reimplanting, slumpflation, trampoliners, trampolining, trampolinist, triumphantly, undiplomatic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 6C 61 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-.. .- -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p l a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 006C 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43798278678086 |
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