implantation

3 definitions found

implantation - 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]

implantation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"

implantation - 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