Definition of Insertion

1. Noun. A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted. "With many insertions in the margins"

Exact synonyms: Interpolation
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Interpolate

2. Noun. The act of putting one thing into another.

Definition of Insertion

1. n. The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

Definition of Insertion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Insertion

1. 1. The place of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone which it moves. 2. A rare nonreciprocal translocation involving three breaks in which a segment is removed from one chromosome and then inserted into a broken region of a nonhomologous chromosome. Origin: L. Inserere = to join to This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insertion

insentient
inseparability
inseparable
inseparableness
inseparables
inseparably
insert
insert
inserted
inserted
inserter
inserters
insertin
inserting
insertion (current term)
insertion (current term)
insertional
insertional inactivation
insertional mutagenesis
insertions
insertion mutation
insertion sequence
insertosome
inserts
inservice training
insessor
insessores
Insessores
insessorial
inset

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