Insertion
English Meaning
The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
- 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.