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misimplantation

misimplantation noun: an implantation that occurs improperly; the act of misimplanting.

Noun

misimplantation (uncountable)

  1. An implantation that occurs improperly; the act of misimplanting.
    • The fortunate infrequency of this misimplantation of placenta permits one in private practice such rare opportunities , that personal experience of such cases can be but an imperfect guide to action , and for the reason that clinical experience of many may be heard.1887 July, G. A. Moses, “Placenta Previa, With Cases”, in St. Louis Courier of Medicine, volume 18, number 1, page 3
    • The complexity of ion implanters renders them susceptible to hard failures which result in a misimplantation of all the wafers after the failure.1987, Technical Program Proceedings, page 116

Origin of misimplantation

From mis- + implantation.

Questions about misimplantation

What does misimplantation mean?
Misimplantation means an implantation that occurs improperly; the act of misimplanting.
What part of speech is misimplantation?
Misimplantation is a noun.

Words near misimplantation in the dictionary

  1. misimitates
  2. misimitating
  3. misimitation
  4. misimitations
  5. misimplant
  6. misimplantation
  7. misimplanted
  8. misimplanting
  9. misimplants
  10. misimplement
  11. misimplementation

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