See Also: bismutite(dictionary)
implant(1)(dictionary)
Implant(medicine)
bag-gel implant(medicine)
pin implant(medicine)
triplant implant(medicine)
testicular implant(medicine)
Implant denture(medicine)
supraperiosteal implant(medicine)
Brainstem implant(health)

implant 1, verb (oh) and bismutite (iou)


implant 1, verb (oh)



[T] to strongly fix an idea, feeling, attitude etc in someone's mind or character
implant sth in sth
::A deep sense of patriotism had been implanted in him by his father.
[T] to put something into someone's body by performing a medical operation
::Surgeons successfully implanted an artificial hip.
implant sth in/into sth
::A donor egg fertilised by her husband's sperm will be implanted in her womb.
[I] medical if an egg or embryo implants, it begins to develop normally
::The fertilized egg implants and becomes a foetus.
-- implantation /7ImplB:n5teIFEn ?@ -plAn-/ n [U]

bismutite (iou)



bismutite noun. . M19.
[German Bismutit, from mod. Latin bisemutum BISMUTH: see -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A tetragonal bismuthyl carbonate, which usu. occurs as dull yellow or grey earthy masses.