Usually means: Introducing an element into another.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word insertion:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. insertion: Merriam-Webster
  2. insertion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. insertion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. insertion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. insertion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Insertion, insertion: Wordnik
  7. insertion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. insertion: Wiktionary
  9. insertion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. insertion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. insertion: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. insertion: Dictionary.com
  13. insertion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Insertion (anatomy), Insertion (disambiguation), Insertion (genetics), Insertion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Insertion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. insertion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. insertion: Rhymezone
  18. insertion, insertion (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. insertion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. insertion: FreeDictionary.org
  21. insertion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. insertion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. insertion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. insertion: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. insertion: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. insertion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. insertion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Insertion: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. insertion: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  7. insertion: Medical dictionary
  8. Insertion: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. -insertion, insertion: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

(Note: See insertional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of inserting, or something inserted.
noun:  (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
noun:  (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
noun:  (atomic weapons) The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.

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