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implantation

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪmplɑːnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P L AE0 N T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of inserting a medical implant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a surgical procedure that places something in the human body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of planting or setting in the ground

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement

9

noun

Meaning 9

(embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nidation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French implantation.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: имплантация (implantacija) — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Catalan: implantació — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Finnish: kiinnittyminen — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • French: implantation — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • German: Implantation — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Polish: implantacja — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Romanian: implantare — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Russian: импланта́ция (implantácija) — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Spanish: implantación — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Ukrainian: імпланта́ція (implantácija) — anatomy: way an organ becomes inserted into its place
  • Bulgarian: засаждане (zasaždane) — securing of a plant
  • Catalan: plantació — securing of a plant
  • Finnish: istuttaminen — securing of a plant
  • Northern Kurdish: çeqîn — securing of a plant
  • Northern Kurdish: çikilîn — securing of a plant
  • Portuguese: plantação — securing of a plant
  • Portuguese: plantio — securing of a plant
  • Bulgarian: внушаване (vnušavane) — introduction of an idea
  • Catalan: implantació — introduction of an idea
  • Finnish: kiinnittyminen — introduction of an idea
  • French: implantation — introduction of an idea
  • Portuguese: implantação — introduction of an idea
  • Spanish: implantación — introduction of an idea
  • Bulgarian: присаждане (prisaždane) — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Bulgarian: имплантация (implantacija) — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Catalan: implantació — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Finnish: implantaatio — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Finnish: istutus — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • French: implantation — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • German: Implantation — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Hungarian: beültetés — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Māori: kuhinga — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Polish: wszczepienie — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Polish: implantacja — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Portuguese: implantação — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Romanian: implantare — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Romanian: implantație — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Romanian: implantări — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Russian: импланта́ция (implantácija) — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Ukrainian: імпланта́ція (implantácija) — surgery: act of inserting an implant
  • Finnish: kiinnittyminen — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • French: implantation — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Hungarian: beágyazódás — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Hungarian: implantáció — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Northern Kurdish: çeqîn — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Portuguese: implantação — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Portuguese: nidação — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Romanian: implantare embrională — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Romanian: implantare de embrion — embryology: attachment of fertilized ovum
  • Finnish: istutus — physics: insertion of ions into crystal structure
  • French: implantation — physics: insertion of ions into crystal structure
  • Portuguese: implantação de íons — physics: insertion of ions into crystal structure
  • Romanian: implantare — physics: insertion of ions into crystal structure
  • Romanian: inserție ionică — physics: insertion of ions into crystal structure
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