INSERTION
\ɪnsˈɜːʃən], \ɪnsˈɜːʃən], \ɪ_n_s_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INSERTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
By Princeton University
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a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
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That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.
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The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; - in contradistinction to its origin.
By Oddity Software
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The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
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That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.
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The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; - in contradistinction to its origin.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A putting in. 2. The attachment of a muscle to the more movable part of the skeleton, as distinguished from origin.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Narrow slips of lace, &c., inserted in dresses, handkerchiefs, ladies fancy work, &c.
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The act of inserting; the state of being inserted; the thing or matter inserted.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The attachment of one part to another. Insertions occur chiefly on bones, cartilages, and fibrous organs; thus, we speak of the insertion of muscular fibres into a tendon or aponeurosis; the insertion of a tendon, aponeurosis, or ligament, into a cartilage or bone. The word insertion has likewise been used by pathologists for the act of inoculating or introducing a virus into the body.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The act of inserting.
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The particular way in which anything is inserted; the manner or place of attachment of a body.
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Of a muscle, the site of its attachment to the part that its action tends to move.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of setting or placing in or among other things; -the mode, place, or the like, of inserting; -piece or breadth added to a lady’s dress; - interpolation of a letter, word, or sentence in a writing; advertisement in a newspaper or periodical; -in botany, the growth of one part in or from another.
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