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insertion

[in-sur-shuhn] / ɪnˈsɜr ʃən /


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These included brief skin discoloration near the treated area and one superficial collection of blood near the catheter insertion site.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

According to some outside medical experts, she likely “survived the procedure because the drug, pentobarbital, probably poured into tissue surrounding the insertion sites instead of entering her bloodstream.”

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Today paracervical blocks during IUD insertion in the United States remain rare.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026

"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," Huot said.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Their carbon preparation was a paint-like graphite suspension known as Aquadag, which they smeared onto probes for insertion into the cyclotron tank to be bathed in the deuteron beam for days at a time.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Many clinicians point to the paracervical block—a simple, targeted injection of a local anesthetic around the cervix—as a way to greatly reduce pain during IUD insertions.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026

The centers are also adding nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for intrauterine device insertions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

Fourth-year veterinarian student Alexandra Ponkey maneuvered the camera and the surgical tools through the insertions on the belly of a 2-year-old German Shepherd named Jackie.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025

The structural and biochemical analyses also indicated that the reverse transcriptase could lead to additional, undesired insertions.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

When the insertions arrived in Florence, the covering letter from Riccardi included the sentence, ‘the author may alter or embellish the wording, so long as the substance is preserved’.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin


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