cochlear implant abutment

Imagining a World of Total Connectedness, and Its Consequences

By KATHERINE BOUTON

In “World Wide Mind,” Michael Chorost borrows from his own experience with a cochlear implant.

Placing Implant Abutments

cochlea

(kŏk'lē-ə, kō'klē-ə)
n., pl., -le·ae (-lē-ē', -lē-ī'), also -le·as.
A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear that resembles a snail shell and contains nerve endings essential for hearing.
[名]（複-le・ae 〔-liì〕, 〜s）《解剖学》（内耳の）蝸牛殻(かぎゅうかく).-le・ar[形]

[Latin, snail shell, from Greek kokhliās, snail, from kokhlos, land snail.]

cochlear coch'le·ar adj.
cochlear
Pertaining to or emanating from the cochlea.

• c. duct — the coiled portion of the membranous labyrinth located inside the cochlea; contains endolymph.
• c. nerve

cochleate

[形]かたつむり形の, らせん形の.

 implant

[動] 〔implǽnt | -plnt〕 (他)

1 〈思想・信条などを〉（人・心に）植えつける, 教え込む((in, into ...))

The government tried to implant loyalty in its citizens.
政府は国民に愛国心を植えつけようと試みた.

2 《医学》〈臓器・皮膚などを〉移植する, 〈人工臓器などを〉埋め込む.

3 …を（しっかり）植え［はめ］込む

Telephone poles are implanted in the ground.
電信柱は地面にしっかり埋め込まれている.

4 ((まれ))〈種子などを〉植える, まく.

━━(自)《生物》〈胚・卵が〉（子宮に）着床する.

━━[名] 〔〕

1
(1) 《医学》移植組織片.
(2) （がんなどの治療用に組織に差しいれる）挿入管.

2 《歯学》インプラント, 人工歯.

im・plant・er

[名]

abutment[a・but・ment]

• 発音記号[əbʌ'tmənt]

[名]

1 《建築・土木》（アーチを支える）迫台(せりだい)；橋台；（アーチダムの）側壁, 取り付け部, （石積みの）合口(あいくち), 合端(あいば).

2 《歯学》橋脚歯, アバットメント：義歯の支え.

3 接合［接触］部；[U]隣接.