[artificial substitutes for body parts, and materials surgically inserted or grafted into the body, tend to be used therapeutically or experimentally; implants are intended to be permanent or long term, they penetrate living tissue and therefore have a physiologic interaction with the body, and are frequently retrievable. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0021107 - Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
Relation/PAR: Operation
Relation/CHD: bone plate
auditory prosthesis
dental implant
breast implant
radioisotope implant
total artificial organ