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