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  • verb Present participle of implant.

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Examples

  • The best bet would be for a doctor who has training in implanting and activating the chip to go rogue.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » A1Writer’s Review Forum 2009

  • It contained hundreds of diseased rats and equipment that indicated the laboratory had been engaged in implanting disease germs in small animals.

    What About Those… SECRET WEAPONS? 2008

  • Weight-loss researchers have had limited success in implanting false memories of getting sick after eating junk food.

    Boing Boing: July 31, 2005 - August 6, 2005 Archives 2005

  • This determination is not predicated on success in implanting Iraqi democracy and internal stability.

    09/21/2004 2004

  • The termino-lateral anastomosis consists in implanting the end of one vessel on to the wall of another vessel.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • Chinese scientists have succeeded in implanting electrodes in the brain of a pigeon to remotely control the bird’s flight, state media said.

    Chinese Scientists Control Bird’s Mind | Impact Lab 2007

  • So researchers, after years of animal experiments, hit on the idea of implanting into the brains of Parkinson's patients a permanent source of dopamine.

    Cures From The Womb 2008

  • WALSH: Years ago, a dentist in South Florida, back when we both lived in South Florida, came up with the idea of implanting a chip in his child's tooth.

    CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2002 2002

  • Privacy-loving Americans have roundly rejected the idea of implanting microchips within their bodies, but one in four Germans is enthusiastic about the idea of having a chip implanted as long as there are tangible benefits involved.

    The Medical Quack The Medical Quack 2010

  • Back in Apricot's day the notion of implanting a pet with a homing device was practically science fiction.

    FOXNews.com 2009

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