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IMPLANTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
Example:
a deeply planted need
Synonyms:
deep-rooted; deep-seated; implanted; ingrained; planted
Classified under:
Similar:
constituted; established (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb implant
Context examples:
They implanted 42 surrogates, resulting in 22 pregnancies, but there were still only two infant macaques, and they died soon after birth.
(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)
Ten weeks after the human iPSC-derived RPE patches were implanted in the animals’ retinas, imaging studies confirmed that the lab-made cells had integrated within the animal retina.
(Researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
The patients had depth electrodes implanted into several brain structures, including the hippocampus.
(Storing memories of recent events, NIH)
A hollow tube left implanted in a body canal or organ, especially the bladder, to promote drainage.
(Indwelling Catheter, NCI Thesaurus)
A corrective lens that is designed to be implanted within the eye capsule to replace the natural lens.
(Intraocular Lens Implant Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A procedure involving an electronic device implanted in the body that delivers electrical stimulation to the heart to treat tachycardia.
(Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The stretchable sensor, which operates without batteries, could be wrapped around stents or diverters implanted to control blood flow in vessels affected by the aneurysms.
(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)
The coronary sinus / left ventricular lead was not implanted because the lead position resulted in undesirable stimulation of the diaphragm.
(Cardiac Lead Position Results in Undesirable Stimulation of Diaphragm, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
The anatomic site at which a microchip is implanted.
(Microchip Site, NCI Thesaurus)
A gestation with more than one fertilized egg implanted as a viable fetus in the uterus.
(Multiple Pregnancy, NCI Thesaurus)
