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INSERTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of putting one thing into another

Synonyms:

insertion; introduction; intromission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("insertion" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insertion"):

cannulation; cannulisation; cannulization; canulation; canulisation; canulization; intubation (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)

instillation; instillment; instilment (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)

enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure (the act of enclosing something inside something else)

injection (the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure)

blood transfusion; transfusion (the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery)

perfusion (pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels))

Derivation:

insert (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

insert (fit snugly into)

insert (put or introduce into something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted

Example:

with many insertions in the margins

Synonyms:

insertion; interpolation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("insertion" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A procedure involving the insertion of a plastic tube into the stomach through the nose.

(Nasogastric Intubation, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in DNA polymerization and specifically catalyzes the insertion of nucleotides (N regions) at the V(H)-D and D-J(H) junctions of immunoglobulin genes.

(DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

Single nucleotide substitutions and small deletions or insertions (1-20 bases) account for the majority of mutations in the BRCA1 gene.

(BRCA1 Gene Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

The CYP2D6*15 allele exhibits a single nucleotide insertion (g.138insT) in exon 1 that causes in a frameshift during coding.

(CYP2D6*15 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

'We can see the insertions of muscles and tendons, scars,' added Ronan Allain, a paleontologist at Paris' National Museum of Natural History.

(140 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur’s Huge Bone Found in Southwest France, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It might not be a perfect system; nothing was perfect; but what he objected to, was, the insertion of the wedge.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Caregivers and nurses also expressed high levels of satisfaction with both methods of pain control during IV insertion.

(Better IV Insertion Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal insertion ins(12;8)(p11;p11p22) that fuses exon 4 of the FGFR1OP2 gene with exon 9 of the FGFR1 gene.

(FGFR1OP2/FGFR1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal insertion ins(12;8)(p11;p11p22) of this gene and the FGFR1 gene is associated with stem cell myeloproliferative disorder.

(FGFR1OP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alterations of this gene, including point mutations, insertions and deletions, cause factor IX deficiency.

(F9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)