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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

implantation
    n 1: (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg
         becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental
         mammals [syn: implantation, nidation]
    2: the act of planting or setting in the ground
    3: a surgical procedure that places something in the human body;
       "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate
       gland"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. implantation.]
   The act or process of implanting.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for implantation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

absorption and regurgitation, brainwashing, catechization, conditioning, confirmation, deep-rootedness, deep-seatedness, dictation, embedment, entrance, entrenchment, establishment, fixation, fixedness, fixity, fixture, graft, grafting, imbuement, impaction, impactment, impregnation, impression, inculcation, indoctrination, infixation, infixion, infusion, injection, inoculation, insertion, insinuation, instillation, instillment, interjection, interpolation, introduction, intromission, inveteracy, penetration, perfusion, reindoctrination, stabilization, tessellation, transplant, transplantation

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