inserted

[ in-sur-tid ]
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adjective
  1. Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.

  2. Anatomy. having an insertion, as a muscle, tendon, or ligament; attached, as the end of a muscle that moves a bone.

Origin of inserted

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; insert + -ed2

Other words from inserted

  • un·in·sert·ed, adjective

Words Nearby inserted

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How to use inserted in a sentence

  • Dan inserted the primer, pulled the lanyard and sent the contents of the gun into the ranks of the enemy.

  • The second pair show that the transverse processes, from the first to the third, are those into which the muscle is inserted.

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  • He stood up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase.

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  • It consists of having a brass tube T inserted in the block moulds before the block is cast.

  • First, the introduction of pistons, inserted between the key-slips, which replaced the clumsy composition pedals then in vogue.

British Dictionary definitions for inserted

inserted

/ (ɪnˈsɜːtɪd) /


adjective
  1. anatomy (of a muscle) attached to the bone that it moves

  2. botany (of parts of a plant) growing from another part, as stamens from the corolla

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