insertion.
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
Meaning & usage
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.
The insertion of new text changed the meaning of the document.
The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English insert Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insertion From insert + -ion.
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