| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Implantable pump | Medicine | Placed under the skin in a patient's abdomen or chest, it allows chemotherapeutic drugs and narcotics to be infused continuously, thereby helping to relieve some chronic, intractable cancer pain. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Implantable pump | Religion | A small device installed under the skin to administer a steady dose of drugs. (references) | |
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