insertion

noun

The act or process of inserting.

Something inserted, as an ornamental strip of lace or embroidery inserted between pieces of fabric.

The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves.

The addition, as by mutation, of one or more nucleotides to a chromosome.

A putting in; the act of inserting, or placing, or setting something in or among other things.