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| 1. | the act of inserting: the insertion of a coin in a vending machine. |
| 2. | something inserted: an insertion in the middle of a paragraph. |
| 3. | Botany, Zoology.
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| 4. | lace, embroidery, or the like, to be sewn at each edge between parts of other material. |
| 5. | Aerospace. injection (def. 6). |
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| 1. | the act of injecting. |
| 2. | something that is injected. |
| 3. | a liquid injected into the body, esp. for medicinal purposes, as a hypodermic or an enema. |
| 4. | state of being hyperemic or bloodshot. |
| 5. | Mathematics. a one-to-one function. |
| 6. | Also called insertion. Aerospace. the process of putting a spacecraft into orbit or some other desired trajectory. |
injection in·jec·tion (ĭn-jěk'shən)
n.
The act of injecting a substance into a tissue, vessel, canal, or organ.
Something that is injected, especially a dose of liquid medicine injected into the body.
Congestion or hyperemia.
insertion in·ser·tion (ĭn-sûr'shən)
n.
The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves.
The placing of a dental prosthesis in the mouth.
injection (ĭn-jěk'shən) Pronunciation Key
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