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What is the noun for insertions?

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insert
  1. An image inserted into text.
  2. A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
  3. (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
  4. (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The gown features a beaded appliqué on the wrapped bodice, and a side insert of ruffled organza layers flowing into its attached train.”
      “One student was reading a children's insert from the newspaper. He said his mother always saves that part of the paper so that he has something he enjoys reading.”
      “It can be very expensive to place an insert in a newspaper.”
insertion
  1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
  2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
  3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The product has an insertion of a layer of chrome steel hidden between its inner and outer layers.”
      “Getting insertion and removal right can be a bit tricky until you learn the knack.”
      “These gRNAs mediate drastic editing of many maxicircle gene transcripts by insertion and deletion of uridine residues.”
inserter
  1. A person who, or device that inserts.
  2. A machine that inserts components into envelopes for mass mailing.
  3. Examples:
    1. “After successfully sounding the uterus, open the sterile package to reveal the shaft of the inserter.”
      “When the implant size is determined, the surgeon inserts the implant into the window using the implant inserter and snaps it into place.”
      “One of the latest advances involves a device called a text inserter, which allows an operator to overlay cash register receipts on digital video of cashiers at work.”
inserting
insertor
  1. One who or that which inserts.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The irrumator was the active insertor, the fellator the receptive passive, in spite of the fact that he did all the work.”
insertable
  1. Something that can be inserted.
insertables
  1. plural of insertable
insertings
insertions
  1. plural of insertion
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “We conclude that Minos can be instrumental for completion of the effort to introduce useful insertions into all known genes of D. melanogaster.”
      “They possess a replicative mode of transposition, so that the insertions are mostly stable.”
      “A critical challenge to the success of the insertions and extractions was the constant rotation of the supporting units.”
insertors
  1. plural of insertor
inserters
  1. plural of inserter
inserts
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