insertion: meaning and definitions

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What is insertion?

What is insertion?

  • The act or process of inserting.
  • Something inserted, as an ornamental strip of lace or embroidery inserted between pieces of fabric.
  • Anatomy The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves.
  • Genetics The addition, as by mutation, of one or more nucleotides to a chromosome.

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