• Insertion

    Full definition of insertion

    Noun

    insertion

    (plural insertions)
    1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
    2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
    3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation

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