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implant

[im-plant, -plahnt, im-plant, -plahnt] / ɪmˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt, ˈɪmˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /
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insert
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Today, nonabrasive cleaning methods have become standard practice, helping protect implant surfaces while reducing the risk of complications.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails to properly implant in the uterus and begins to develop elsewhere, most commonly inside a fallopian tube.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The embryo must successfully implant, and then even after implantation and a positive pregnancy test there’s risk of miscarriage.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Since his diagnosis, Holmes has had to relearn how to walk, is profoundly deaf and has a cochlear implant.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

In addition, the doctor who had repaired my facial nerve installed a tiny electronic sound transmitter called a cochlear implant deep behind my ear.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

This is particularly concerning when instruments designed for natural teeth are used on implants, because they can scrape and damage the metal surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The previous grafted tissue was then removed and small implants were inserted to support the artificial ear.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Breast implants were invented in the early ‘60s and gained popularity through the ‘80s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I’d rather own the companies selling devices, implants, injectables and disposable products to thousands of those clinics.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

It’s society that implants positives or negatives onto certain ideas.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper

That is, it’s low if you go through the full process of having your eggs retrieved at 44, fertilized, and then an embryo implanted.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

"By creating a device that can be injected rather than surgically implanted, we are making these therapies simpler, safer, and more accessible, while still maintaining precise control over nerve activity."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

But one day, a person he calls “the brigadier,” who communicates through a device implanted in Cramer’s brain, reached out to tell him that the space Marines would support him going public.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

She was sent home and told to return for more tests after being diagnosed with a “pregnancy of unknown location,” because an ultrasound could not show where her pregnancy had implanted, according to a lawsuit.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

In the afternoon, we head over to my father’s house, where we sit inside, scattered around the living room, hockey playing on yet another giant flat screen that has been implanted into the wall.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

IVF involves stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs, retrieving them, fertilising them in a laboratory and then implanting the resulting embryo back into the womb.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

In clinical terms, IVF involves removing eggs from a woman, fertilizing them in a lab with sperm and implanting embryos in the uterus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Swiss researchers meanwhile have enabled several paralysed people to regain significant control of their body -- including walking again -- by implanting electrodes into their spinal cords.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

It is also common in IVF to screen embryos for genetic defects before implanting them and to discard those that are unlikely to result in a pregnancy or live birth.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

That may explain why some were willing to sell their teeth to their master for implanting in his own mouth.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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