Taber's Medical Dictionary
insertion
(in-sĕr′shŏn )
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1. The movable attachment of the distal end of a muscle, which produces changes in shape or skeletal movement when the muscle contracts.
2. Placing or implanting of something into something else, as, in dentistry, of a filling or inlay in a cavity preparation or of dentures or other devices in the mouth.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Insertion." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750818/all/insertion.
Insertion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750818/all/insertion. Accessed April 20, 2026.
Insertion. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750818/all/insertion
Insertion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750818/all/insertion.
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