implant

Meanings

Verb

• To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
• To insert (something) surgically into the body.
• Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.

Noun

• Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
• A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.

Related

Similar words

• embed/imbed, engraft, engrain, graft, insert, instil/instill, plant, root
• graft

Origin

• From Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō.