Implant
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Implant can refer to:
  • Implant (medicine)
    Implant (medicine)
    An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biological structure. Medical implants are man-made devices, in contrast to a transplant, which is a transplanted biomedical tissue...

    , or specifically:
    • Brain implant
      Brain implant
      Brain implants, often referred to as neural implants, are technological devices that connect directly to a biological subject's brain - usually placed on the surface of the brain, or attached to the brain's cortex...

    • Breast implant
    • Buttock implant
      Buttock augmentation
      thumb|right|250px|Gluteoplasty: the pre-operative, back and oblique-right aspects , and the like post-operative aspects , of a combined procedure of buttocks augmentation and thigh contouring.Gluteoplasty thumb|right|250px|Gluteoplasty: the pre-operative, back and oblique-right aspects (left), and...

    • Cochlear implant
      Cochlear implant
      A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing...

    • Contraceptive implant
      Contraceptive implant
      A contraceptive implant is a birth control device inserted under the skin. Brands include:*Norplant and Jadelle *Implanon*Sino-implant marketed as Zarin, Femplant and Trust*Nexplanon Implanon replacement...

    • Dental implant
      Dental implant
      A dental implant is a "root" device, usually made of titanium, used in dentistry to support restorations that resemble a tooth or group of teeth to replace missing teeth....

    • Mini dental implant
    • Extraocular implant
      Extraocular implant
      An extraocular implant is a cosmetic implant involving a tiny piece of decorative jewelry which is implanted within the superficial, interpalpebral conjunctiva of the human eye.-History and culture:...

    • Fetal tissue implant
      Fetal tissue implant
      Fetal tissue implant or fetal cell therapy is an experimental medical therapy where researchers implant tissue from a fetus to a patient for treatment of disease. In the case of Parkinson's disease, it is hoped that the fetal tissue would produce chemicals, specifically dopamine, which is lacking...

    • Microchip implant (animal)
      Microchip implant (animal)
      A microchip implant is an identifying integrated circuit placed under the skin of a dog, cat, horse, parrot or other animal. The chips are about the size of a large grain of rice and are based on a passive RFID technology....

    • Microchip implant (human)
      Microchip implant (human)
      A human microchip implant is an integrated circuit device or RFID transponder encased in silicate glass and implanted in the body of a human being...

    • Retinal implant
      Retinal implant
      A retinal implant is a biomedical implant technology currently being developed by a number of private companies and research institutions worldwide. The implant is meant to partially restore useful vision to people who have lost theirs due to degenerative eye conditions such as retinitis...

    • Subdermal implant
      Subdermal implant
      A subdermal implant refers to a kind of body jewelry that is placed underneath the skin, therefore allowing the body to heal over the implant and creating a raised design. These kinds of implants fall under the broad category of body modification. Many people who have these implants use them in...

    • Transdermal implant
      Transdermal implant
      Transdermal implants are a form of body modification used both in a medical and aesthetic context. In either case, they consist of an object placed partially below and partially above the skin, thus transdermal. The skin around it generally heals as if it were a piercing.Medically, transdermal...

  • Implant (body modification)
    Implant (body modification)
    In body modification, an implant is a device placed under the human skin for decorative purposes. Such implants may be subdermal or transdermal...

  • Alien implants
    Alien implants
    Alien implants is a term used in Ufology to describe a physical object placed in someone's body after they have been abducted by aliens. Claimed abilities of the implants range from telepresence to mind control to biotelemetry...

  • The Implant
    The Implant
    "The Implant" is the 59th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 19th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on February 25, 1993.-Plot:...

    , an episode of Seinfeld
    Seinfeld
    Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...

  • Implant (Scientology)
    Implant (Scientology)
    In Scientology, an implant is similar to an engram, in that it is believed to condition the mind in a certain way. The difference is that an implant is done deliberately and with evil intent. It is similar to Thought insertion...


See also

  • Implantation
    Implantation
    In humans, implantation is the beginning of pregnancy, in which the embryo Adheres to the wall of the uterus. At this stage of prenatal development, the embryo is a blastocyst...

  • Mini dental implant
  • Osseointegration
    Osseointegration
    Osseointegration derives from the Greek osteon, bone, and the Latin integrare, to make whole. The term refers to the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant...

  • Osseoincorporation
    Osseoincorporation
    Osseoincorporation refers to the healing potential of bone onto an implant surface and into an implant structure. Three dimensional, porous implantable materials utilized in the orthopedic and dental implant industries offer the potential for ingrowth as well as ongrowth or...

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