IMPLANT

Implant

An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biological structure. Medical implants are man-made devices, in contrast to a transplant, which is a transplanted biomedical tissue. The surface of implants that contact the body might be made of a biomedical material such as titanium, silicone or apatite depending on what is the most functional. In some cases implants contain electronics e.g. artificial pacemaker and cochlear implants. Some implants are bioactive, such as subcutaneous drug delivery devices in the form of implantable pills or drug-eluting stents.

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implant

Noun

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

Verb

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


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