implantation

(im-plan-ta’shon), n. [= F. im- plantation = Pg. implantagdéo; as implant + -ation.] The act of implanting, or the state of being implanted; the act of setting or fixing firmly in place. Whose work could it be but his alone to make such provision for the direct implantation of his church? Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 8. Their mode of implantation varies, but they [teeth] are not ankylosed to the jaws. Husley, Anat. Vert., p. 265. Articulation by implantation. Same as gomphosis.