I. im ‧ plant 1 /ɪmˈplɑːnt $ ɪmˈplænt/ BrE AmE verb
1 . [transitive] to strongly fix an idea, feeling, attitude etc in someone’s mind or character
implant something in something
A deep sense of patriotism had been implanted in him by his father.
2 . [transitive] to put something into someone’s body by performing a medical operation:
Surgeons successfully implanted an artificial hip.
implant something in/into something
A donor egg fertilised by her husband’s sperm will be implanted in her womb.
3 . [intransitive] medical if an egg or ↑ embryo implants, it begins to develop normally:
The fertilized egg implants and becomes a foetus.
—implantation /ˌɪmplɑːnˈteɪʃ ə n $ -plæn-/ noun [uncountable]
II. im ‧ plant 2 /ˈɪmplɑːnt $ -plænt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
something artificial that is put into someone’s body in a medical operation ⇨ transplant :
silicone breast implants