Implantation

(im-plan-ta'-shun). The act of setting in. Also, the transplantation of a tooth from the jaw of one person to that of another. Also, the engrafting of epidermis from the skin of one person upon the body of another. The surgical repair of a wounded intestine by uniting the divided ends. I., End-to-end, the approximation of the ends of a divided structure, as of the bowel, or a nerve. I., Hypo dermatic, the introduction of a medicine in the form of a soluble solid under the skin for therapeutic purposes. I., Teratologic, a fetal monstrosity consisting of an imperfect, joined to a perfect fetus.