How to Use implantation in a Sentence

implantation

noun
  • The time from the biopsy to the implantation is about four to six weeks, Atala said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • This system is far and away the best implantation of AR to date.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The embryos were grown in a petri dish in a process meant to mimic the embryo’s implantation in the uterus.
    Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2018
  • If this implantation doesn’t work, my age will impact our chances for the next time.
    refinery29.com, 7 May 2020
  • As if the Host's own genes will play some part in the implantation and vibrant being of this new baby.
    Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 July 2019
  • The injury required surgery and implantation of a metal plate and nine screws in his leg.
    Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Embryos that survive to the blastocyst stage stand a good chance of implantation once placed in the uterus.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Pigs have long been used in medicine for procedures like skin grafts and implantations of heart valves.
    Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The implantation is not painful since there aren’t any sensory neurons in the brain.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 30 May 2018
  • The implantation of an AICD can take longer (usually around an hour).
    Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • How the birth control implant is placed The implantation process is quick and only takes a few minutes.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The progestin is there to suppress the LH and thin the uterine lining, which then helps prevent implantation.
    Candice Jalili, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2017
  • But six months to a year after their first implantation, the team could tell that the patient had a working immune system.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Pigs have long been used in human medicine, including pig skin grafts and implantation of pig heart valves.
    STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
  • This comes after a taxing IVF process, surgery, and her third implantation.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The company is hoping to carry out two more implantations in the coming months, with a total of 10 this year.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
  • And at least in the culture dish, blastoids re-create some early steps of implantation.
    Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Plan B is not effective if the process of implantation has begun.
    Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The eggs and embryos can also be frozen for future implantation.
    CBS News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Heringer is hearing impaired and underwent cochlear implantation surgery at the age of two.
    Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 5 Jan. 2021
  • But in rare cases, according to the FDA, the implantation site may become infected, or the chip may migrate elsewhere in the body.
    Maggie Astor, The Seattle Times, 25 July 2017
  • Levels of hCG start to increase after implantation and rise every 39–53 hours in the first few weeks of pregnancy.
    Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 18 July 2023
  • The funding slated to be attached to the measure is paramount to the success of its implantation, officials said.
    oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2021
  • If the battery ran out, or a lead broke, or the site of implantation became infected, the company would no longer be there to provide support.
    Christine Kenneally, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The prototypes used in the study were made from a polymer that’s not FDA approved for permanent implantation in humans.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Similarly, stress incontinence can be fixed with the implantation of a small sling that holds the urethra in place.
    Alice Oglethorpe, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2020
  • A few weeks after the implantation, Chinnock could produce step-like motions while lying on his side.
    Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Once the egg is released, there’s an opportunity for sperm to meet the egg and implantation to occur, which is the point at which pregnancy begins.
    Women's Health, 20 June 2023
  • Surrogacy was for those who had struggled for years with infertility, who had gone through countless rounds of IVF and failed implantations.
    Jessica Knoll, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • And that’s not including extra fees like genetic testing of embryos, which many doctors highly recommend for patients over 35 to improve the chances of implantation.
    Annie Daly, Allure, 9 July 2024

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