Usually means: Attachment site of tendon, bone.
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▸ noun:  (anatomy) The insertion point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.

Similar:
insertion, implantation, epithesis, epicondyle, endotendon, epicondyl, epitendineum, tendon, joint, Achilles tendon, more...

Opposite:
apathy, disinterest, indifference

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Similar:
insertion, implantation, epithesis, epicondyle, endotendon, epicondyl, epitendineum, tendon, joint, Achilles tendon, more...

Opposite:
apathy, disinterest, indifference



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