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intromission

Pronunciation:  `intru'mishun

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the act of putting one thing into another
 
 Synonyms: insertion, introduction
 
 See Also: blood transfusion, cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, enclosing, enclosure, envelopment, inclosure, injection, instillation, instillment, instilment, intubation, movement, perfusion, transfusion

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`tro*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intromission. See
{Intromit}.]
1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.
   --South.

2. The act of letting go in; admission.

3. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another,
   either on legal grounds or without authority.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: acceptance, admission, admittance, baptism, embedment, enlistment, enrollment, entrance, graft, grafting, immission, impaction, impactment, implantation, inauguration, induction, infixion, infusion, initiation, injection, inoculation, insertion, insinuation, installation, instatement, interjection, interpolation, introduction, investiture, ordination, penetration, perfusion, tessellation, transplant, transplantation
 

 

 



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