insertion

n.

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

insertional in·ser'tion·al adj.

noun

An item inserted, as in a diary, register, or reference book: entry, posting. See words.

(insur'shən)
n

The act of implanting, placing, or introducing the needle into the tissues.

The point of attachment of a muscle to a bone or other structure which usually moves during an isotonic muscle action. The insertion is usually distal to the origin.

Pertaining to
1. surgical or reproductive manipulation
2. molecular biological manipulation.

• i. activity — the electrical tracing produced in electromyography as a result of the insertion of the needle electrode.
• i. inactivation — in recombinant DNA technology, an early method for selecting ampicillin (amp+) and tetracycline (tet+) resistant Escherichia coli transformed with plasmids such as pBR 322; foreign DNA was cloned into the tet gene, thereby disrupting the gene and rendering the cell tet⁻, which enabled selection when cells were plated onto amp and tet plates.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indføjelse, indsættelse, indskud, indrykning

idioms:

• insertion point    indsætningspunkt

Nederlands (Dutch)
invoeging, tussenvoeging, tussenzetsel

Français (French)
n. - insertion, encart, introduction, (Journ) encart, incrustation, (Anat) insertion

idioms:

• insertion point    point d'insertion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einfügung, Einlegen, Einsetzen, Einwerfen, Einstechen, Einsatz, Inserat

idioms:

• insertion point    Einfügestrich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρεμβολή, καταχώριση, βάλσιμο, προσθήκη

idioms:

• insertion point    (Η/Υ) σημείο εισαγωγής

Italiano (Italian)
inserzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inserção (f)

Русский (Russian)
вставление, объявление в газете

Español (Spanish)
n. - inserción, encarte, anuncio

idioms:

• insertion point    punto de inserción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - insättande, införande, inlägg, insats, bilaga (i tidning), annons, insättning (i plagg e.d.), (muskel)fäste

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
插入, 插入物, 嵌入, 嵌饰, 边饰

idioms:

• insertion point    插入点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 插入, 插入物, 嵌入, 嵌飾, 邊飾

idioms:

• insertion point    插入點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 삽입, 삽입구, 유착

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 挿入, 差し込み, 挿入されたもの, 折り込み広告, 挿入物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إدخال, إيلاج, إقحام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחיבה, הכנסה, תוספת, מודעה, דבר מוכנס, תיקון המוכנס בכתב או בדפוס, רקמה המשובצת בבד‬

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