insertion
noun/ɪnˈsɜrʃən/
Frequency rank: #8,964 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the act of putting something into something else
Example sentence
The surgeon performed careful insertion of the catheter into the patient's vein.
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