implantation

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act or an instance of implanting.
• noun The condition of being implanted.
• noun Embryology The process by which a fertilized egg implants in the uterine lining.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of implanting, or the state of being implanted; the act of setting or fixing firmly in place.
• noun Union of the two ends of intestine, after exsection of a segment, by the insertion of one into the other and retention by sutures.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act or process of implanting.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun anatomy The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.
• noun Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.
• noun The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind.
• noun surgery The act of inserting a medical implant.
• noun embryology The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall.
• noun physics The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the act of planting or setting in the ground
• noun (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
• noun a surgical procedure that places something in the human body