Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
implantation procedure
im·plan·ta·tion pro·ce·dure
Definitions related to implantation procedure:
  • (implant) Artificial substitutes for body parts, and materials surgically inserted or grafted into the body, tend to be used therapeutically or experimentally; implants are intended to be permanent or long term, they penetrate living tissue and therefore have a physiologic interaction with the body, and are frequently retrievable.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (implantation) A surgical procedure that places something in the human body.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Implantation, in reproduction physiology, the adherence of a fertilized egg to a surface in the reproductive tract, usually to the uterine wall (see uterus), so that the egg may have a suitable environment for growth and development into a new offspring. Fertilization of the egg usually occurs...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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