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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"

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"

The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.

That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.

The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; - in contradistinction to its origin.

The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.

That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.

The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; - in contradistinction to its origin.

The act of putting in; that which is put in, as lace in a garment, etc.

1. A putting in. 2. The attachment of a muscle to the more movable part of the skeleton, as distinguished from origin.

Introduction of a substance; connection or attachment.

Act of inserting: condition of being inserted: that which is inserted.

The act of inserting; something inserted.

Narrow slips of lace, &c., inserted in dresses, handkerchiefs, ladies fancy work, &c.

The act of inserting; the state of being inserted; the thing or matter inserted.

Point of attachment of organs, muscles; the point on which the force of a muscle is applied.

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.

The place of attachment of a muscle to the bone which it moves.

The act of inserting.

The particular way in which anything is inserted; the manner or place of attachment of a body.

Of a muscle, the site of its attachment to the part that its action tends to move.

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.

The act of placing any thing in or among other matter; the thing inserted.