1. A prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
   "She received a dental implant to replace her missing tooth"

1. Fix or set securely or deeply
   "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum";
   - engraft, embed, imbed, plant
    
2. Put firmly in the mind
   "implant a thought in the students' minds";
   - plant
    
3. Become attached to and embedded in the uterus
   "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications"

Derived forms: implanted, implanting, implants

Type of: attach, communicate, enter, infix, insert, introduce, pass, pass along, pass on, prosthesis, prosthetic, prosthetic device, put across

Encyclopedia: Implant