单词 | implantable |
释义 | implantable in British English (ɪmˈplɑːntəbəl) adjective capable of being implanted implantable in American English (imˈplæntəbəl, -ˈplɑːn-) adjective 1. capable of being implanted 2. pertaining to a device, as a micropump or porous polymer membrane, for surgical insertion under the skin for the controlled release of a drug noun 3. Surgery a material, foreign to the body, that can be implanted without undue risk of rejection Word origin [1955–60; implant + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: geodesic dome, new wave, opioid, rite of passage, rollout-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)Examples of 'implantable' in a sentence |
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