implantationn.
/ɪmplɑːnˈteɪʃən//ɪmplanˈteɪʃən/ The action or process of implanting; the fact or manner of being implanted.† 3. † b. figurative. Theology. ‘Engrafting’ into Christ. Obsolete.
1. Anatomy. The insertion of an organ, muscle, etc.; esp. as to its manner and place. Cf. implant v. 1.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [noun] > process or fact of being in
implantation1578
localization1826
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13 The implantation of the teeth is not in one, as an other sheweth.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 815 They [two muscles] haue but one tendon and one implantation.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 62 Ending in that part wherein the anteriour implantation of Temporal Muscle ariseth.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 271 The teeth of the sphyræna are examples of the ordinary implantation in sockets.
1890 H. Ellis Criminal iii. 67 An implantation of the ears farther back than is normal.
2. The action of planting or setting in the ground. Also figurative. Cf. implant v. 3.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [noun]
plantingOE
plantationc1429
implanting1597
implantationa1600
plantage1632
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > so as to fix firmly
implantationa1600
infixion1651
infixing1755
insetting1853
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. viii, in Wks. (1666) 22 To make such provision for the direct implantation of his Church.
1650 Brief Descr. Future Hist. Europe 15 By saving of Noahs family to preserve a seed for the implantation of a new.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Implantation, One of the six kinds of Transplantation; used by some People for the Cure of certain Diseases.[Process described.]
a1817 T. Dwight Theol. (1818) I. v. 32 The vegetable world..from its first implantation in the soil to its full growth.
a. Engrafting. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting
graffing1398
grafting1483
imping1600
insition1601
engraffmenta1638
engraftment1647
engrafture1654
implantation1654
engraffing1656
escutcheon1658
engrafting1667
adosculation1731
engraftation1816
1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 23 The Gardners knife..cannot cut off a branch, nor be helpful to the implantation of it, without the hand of the Gardner.
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 66 Apricots and Peaches, being secured upon their own stocks, will admit implantation unto another also.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > incorporation into
implanting1597
implantation1640
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xi. 99 Hence we reade so often..of a Spirituall Implantation unto him [Christ] by Faith.
1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1677) 213 Baptism is first for insition and implantation.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. App. 65/2 A Sinner's Preparation for, Implantation in, and Salvation by, the Glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
c. Pathology. The engrafting of a morbid or malignant growth.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > engrafting of
implantation1897
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 538 The observations of Hauser have thrown some light on the implantation of cancer on the ulcer.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 725 These [growths] are to be regarded..as examples of successful implantation or grafting of particles of malignant growth.
4. The introduction and fixing of a principle, idea, etc. in the mind. Cf. implant v. 2.
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society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun]
infusionc1450
insinuationa1530
instillation?c1550
indoctrinating1642
implantation1653
instilling1659
imbuement1693
inoculation1761
instilment1773
indoctrinization1887
indoctrination1950
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > implantation of something in the mind or soul
incision1601
implantation1653
1653 H. More Antidote Atheism (1662) 26 The implantation of the Idea of God in the Soul.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. iv. 25 This desire of Navigation found a kind of natural implantation in these Phenicians.
a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) I. 362 The implantation of Christ's righteousness in sanctification, taking away the implantation of Adam's sin in us.
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxviii. 475 The moral judgment which is oftentimes appealed to by Christ as a correct rule of decision, because of divine implantation.
5.
a. The firm placing or planting of the foot.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping > firm placing of foot
implantation1870
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 59 By the protrusion and implantation of which [the muscular foot] into the soft bottoms of the ponds and streams in which these creatures [fresh-water mussels] live.
b. Surgery. The (or an) operation of implanting something in the body (see implant v. 1b). Also attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > implantation
implantation1885
implant1941
1885 M. Hay tr. H. W. von Ziemssen Handbk. Gen. Therapeutics II. 399 The method described by Bruns, and characterised by him as dry injection or implantation... In this, the drugs are likewise applied in thin cylinders or plugs, for the introduction of which..a special form of implantation needle is used.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Implantation,..the planting of a new sound tooth into the cavity from which a decayed one has been removed. Also, the engrafting of pieces of epidermis on the surface of an ulcer to promote skin formation.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Implantation, medicamental, the introduction of solid substances into the structures of the body, either to destroy a morbid growth or to produce a general therapeutical effect.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Implantation needle, an instrument invented by Bruns for the practice of hypodermatic implantation.
1886 W. D. Younger (title) Implantation of teeth and pericemental life.
1887 Lancet 12 Feb. 334/1 Implantation is the ingrafting of a natural tooth into an artificial socket.
1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 1 June 1900/2 In cases..in which it is not possible to remove the oviducts without removing the ovaries, Michel cuts off a piece of one of the resected ovaries..and sutures it to the uterus... He obtained good results in six out of seven cases in which he used his method of auto~plastic implantation of a portion of an ovary.
1938 Lancet 10 Sept. 606/2 A very prolonged effect of certain androgens and œstrogens could be obtained by a single implantation, under the skin, of pure dry hormone in the form of crystals or compressed tablets.
1963 Lancet 12 Jan. 77/2 Troensegaard-Hansen (1956) described the treatment of intermittent claudication by implantation of human amnion into the thigh.
1969 H. A. Salhanick et al. Metabolic Effects Gonadal Hormones 723 The most direct experimental approach to this problem is by the intracranial implantation of small amounts of crystalline steroids.
6. Embryology. The attachment of the fertilized ovum (blastocyst) to the wall of the uterus.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > [noun] > implantation
nidation1892
implantation1902
1902 A. Keith Human Embryol. viii. 96 The implantation of the ovum in the decidua is in the posterior wall of the uterus in over 60% of cases.
1936 F. J. Taussig Abortion iv. 70 In about ten days from fertilization, the ovum is ready for implantation.
1969 A. Klopper & E. Diczfalusy Foetus & Placenta iii. 62 Implantation begins on the 20th day of the cycle, and probably takes several days to complete... The great majority of implantations in the case of the human take place in the fundus of the uterus and in the posterior wall.
7. Physics. The introduction of ions into a crystalline structure by bombardment with an ion beam.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [noun] > implanting in crystalline material > by bombardment
implantation1965
1965 Nucl. Instruments & Methods 38 169/2 Implantations reported in this paper were made in a 24 inch radius calutron.
1967 Canad. Jrnl. Physics 45 4053 Because of the nonequilibrium nature of the implantation process, the relative number of impurities on substitutional and interstitial sites may differ from that observed following conventional thermal diffusion.
1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 65/3 The accelerated-ion technique offers fairly precise control of both the number of ions implanted and the depth of implantation.
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