IMPLANTATION

n. I2m-pla2n-ta's hu3n. Lat.. implantatio (from in, in, and plant are, to plant). Fr., i. Ger.. /., Einpflanzung, Ansatzstelle. It., impi ant azione. Sp., implantation. 1. An attachment or insertion (e. g., of a ligament). 2. The act of inserting, ingrafting, or introducing anything that is to remain in situ, fa, 17.] 3. A form of double monstrosity in which one of the individuals is parasitic. [A, 385.] Crescentic i. Burn's ligament. [L.] Crescentic i. of the external oblique muscle [Cooper]. See Gimbernafs LIGAMENT. Equal external 1. See /. externe egale. External i. See I. externe. Hypo dermatic i., Hypodermic i. Ger., hypoderm at is che I. The introduction of solid medicinal substances into the subcutaneous connective ti ue through an incision in the skin. [Bernatzik (A, 319 [a, 21]).] I. externe (Fr.). I. (3d def.) in which the parasitic individual is wholly or partly external to the other. [A, 385.] I. externe egale (Fr.). That form of i. externe in which the two individuals are joined at like anatomical points. [A, 385.] I. externe inegale (Fr.). A form of i. externe in which the two individuals are united at di imilar points. [A, 385.] I. interne (Fr.). The form of i. (3d def.) in which one individual is wholly included within the other. [A, 385.] Internal i. See /. interne. Medicameiital i. Ger., medicament ose I. See Hypodermic i. Parenchymatous i. Ger., parenchyma tose L The introduction of remedial agents into the oody of a new growth for the purpose of destroying it. [L, 57 (a, 40).] Unequal external i. See 1. externe inegale. [s. 441]