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implantable

/im-plan-tuh-buhl, -plahn-/US // ɪmˈplæn tə bəl, -ˈplɑn- //

植入式,可植入,植入式的,植入性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being implanted.
    • : pertaining to a device, as a micropump or porous polymer membrane, for surgical insertion under the skin for the controlled release of a drug.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Surgery. a material, foreign to the body, that can be implanted without undue risk of rejection.

Examples

  • For these reasons, scientists are developing implantable technologies that use pulses of electricity to debug the neural circuits underlying disability and disease.

  • While scientists recently developed implantable wireless optogenetic devices, these depend on relatively simple remote controls or limited sets of preprogrammed instructions.

  • These new fully implantable optogenetic arrays for mice and rats can enable more sophisticated research.

  • Researchers tested the first implantable device in patients in the United States in 1967.

  • The device — the paddles often wielded in television medical dramas — quickly entered widespread use and led to more advanced implantable cardioverter-defibrillators placed inside the chest.