The verb is pronounced /ɪmplɑ:nt, -plænt/. The noun is pronounced /ɪmplɑ:nt, -plænt/.
( implanted)
1.
To implant something into a person’s body means to put it there, usually by means of a medical operation.
Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggs back inside me.
...a surgically implanted birth-control device.
VERB : V n adv / prep , V-ed
• im‧plan‧ta‧tion
The embryos were tested to determine their sex prior to implantation.
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2.
An implant is something that is implanted into a person’s body.
A woman can choose to have breast implants.
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3.
When an egg or embryo implants in the womb, it becomes established there and can then develop.
Non-identical twins are the result of two fertilised eggs implanting in the uterus at the same time.
VERB : V in n , also V
• im‧plan‧ta‧tion
...the 11 days required to allow for normal implantation of a fertilized egg.
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4.
If you implant an idea or attitude in people, you make it become accepted or believed.
The speech implanted a dangerous prejudice in their minds...
He is devoting much of his energy to implanting an element of distrust in the community.
= sow
VERB : V n in/into n , V n