implantation

Other forms of implantation

plural

implantations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about implantation

What does implantation mean?

implantation means "(embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in implantation?

implantation has 4 syllables: im-plan-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌɪmplænˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for implantation?

Close synonyms include nidation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is implantation a common word?

implantation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with implantation?

89 words rhyme with implantation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.