INSERTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insertion mean? 

• INSERTION (noun)
  The noun INSERTION has 2 senses:

1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted

2. the act of putting one thing into another

  Familiarity information: INSERTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSERTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

insertion; interpolation

Context example:

with many insertions in the margins

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of putting one thing into another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

insertion; introduction; intromission

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)

 Context examples 

CYP2D6*13 allele exhibits an insertion in exon 1 which causes a reading frame shift.

(CYP2D6*13 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The CYP2D6*18 allele exhibits a nine nucleotide insertion (g.4125insGTGCCCACT) in exon 9.

(CYP2D6*18 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The connection where the graft joins the coronary artery, usually less than or equal to 3 mm from insertion point.

(Coronary Graft Anastomoses, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic variants, including insertions, deletions, and duplications of segments of DNA, are also collectively referred to as copy number variants.

(Copy Number Polymorphism, NCI Dictionary)

Single nucleotide substitutions and small deletions or insertions (1-20 bases) account for the majority of mutations in the BRCA2 gene.

(BRCA2 Gene Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

The CYP2D6*20 allele exhibits a single nucleotide insertion (g.1973insG) that results in a frameshift during protein coding.

(CYP2D6*20 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The CYP2D6*21 allele exhibits a single nucleotide insertion (g.2573insC) in exon 5 that results in a frameshift and generates a stop codon 17 bp downstream of the insertion site.

(CYP2D6*21 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Procedures intended to evaluate cardiac function without insertion of intravascular equipment into the central circulation.

(Non-Invasive Cardiac Stress Test, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The insertion of c-fos into FBJ-MSV or FBR-MSV induces osteogenic sarcomas in mice.

(Oncogene FOS, NCI Thesaurus)

In acupuncture, the insertion of a thin needle into a specific place on the body to unlock qi (vital energy).

(Needling, NCI Dictionary)