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insertion

/ɪnˈsɝʃən/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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