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

	

	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"

	

	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