implantation

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"
    

Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. implantation.]
   The act or process of implanting.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "implantation":
      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