insertion
noun /ɪnˈsɜːʃn/
/ɪnˈsɜːrʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] insertion (in/into something) the act of putting something inside something else; a thing that is put inside something else
- An examination is carried out before the insertion of the tube.
- Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into specific points of the body.
- [countable, uncountable] a thing that is added to a book, piece of writing, etc.; the act of adding something
- the insertion of an extra paragraph
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense (2)): from late Latin insertio(n-), from Latin inserere, from in- ‘into’ + serere ‘to join’.