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Insertion

//ɪnˈsɝʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of inserting, or something inserted. countable, uncountable

    "The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker."

  2. 2
    the act of putting one thing into another wordnet
  3. 3
    The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted wordnet
  5. 5
    The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From insert + -ion.

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