insertion
/ɪnˈsɝʃən/ noun
Forms insertions
- noun The act of inserting, or something inserted. “The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.”
- noun (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- noun (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- noun (atomic weapons) The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
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Etymology
L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “insertion”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details