Insertion

Noun

 * 1) The act of inserting, or something inserted.
 * 2)  The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
 * 3)  The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation

Derived terms

 * leaf insertion

Antonyms

 * deletion
 * origin
 * deletion

Thesaurus
Earth insertion, LEM, LM, access, admission, apogee, aside, attitude-control rocket, ballistic capsule, booking, burn, capsule, cataloging, chronicling, deep-space ship, docking, docking maneuver, enlistment, enrollment, entering, entrance, entree, entry, episode, ferry rocket, fuel ship, impanelment, import, importation, importing, income, incoming, indexing, infiltration, infix, ingoing, ingress, ingression, injection, inlay, input, inscribing, inscription, insert, inset, insinuation, intake, intercalation, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interpenetration, interpolation, introduction, introgression, intrusion, inventorying, leakage, listing, logging, lunar excursion module, lunar module, manned rocket, matriculation, module, moon ship, multistage rocket, obiter dictum, orbit, parenthesis, parking orbit, penetration, percolation, perigee, posting, reception, record keeping, recordation, recording, reentry, register, registration, registry, remark, rocket, seepage, shuttle rocket, side remark, soft landing, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, tabulation, tessera, tossing-in