implantation
noun
im·plan·ta·tion
ˌim-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən 
1
a
: the act or process of implanting something
b
: the state resulting from being implanted
2
in placental mammals
: the process of attachment of the early embryo to the maternal uterine wall
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Reinsve plays Zoe, the woman who rents her body for the implantation of Bernal’s wife’s consciousness.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Past studies have observed tissue deformations that suggest cells apply force — when migrating and invading tumors, for example — and Ojosnegros and his team wanted to explore the hypothesis that this also happens in implantation.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Experiments included both human and mouse embryos, revealing distinct implantation behaviors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
The first successful culture of human embryos beyond implantation was demonstrated in a petri dish in a lab in 2016, but Ojosnegros and his team wanted to see what this process would look like in 3D tissue that was more similar to that of the uterus.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2025
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Past studies have observed tissue deformations that suggest cells apply force — when migrating and invading tumors, for example — and Ojosnegros and his team wanted to explore the hypothesis that this also happens in implantation.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Experiments included both human and mouse embryos, revealing distinct implantation behaviors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
The first successful culture of human embryos beyond implantation was demonstrated in a petri dish in a lab in 2016, but Ojosnegros and his team wanted to see what this process would look like in 3D tissue that was more similar to that of the uterus.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Implantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implantation. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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implantation
noun
im·plan·ta·tion
ˌim-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən
1
: the act of implanting something
2
: the process of becoming implanted or the resulting state
Medical Definition
implantation
noun
im·plan·ta·tion
ˌim-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən
: the act or process of implanting or the state of being implanted: as
a
: the placement of a natural or artificial tooth in an artificially prepared socket in the jawbone
b
in placental mammals
: the process of attachment of the embryo to the maternal uterine wall
called also nidation
c
: medical treatment by the insertion of an implant
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