reinsertion

Returning to place

Reinsertion is the act of inserting something again after it has been removed.

A catheter requires reinsertion if it comes out.

A politician seeks reinsertion into public life after a scandal.

The word appears in medical, technical, and figurative contexts: The reinsertion of the breathing tube went smoothly.

medical

implant

Device placed inside tissue

catheter · stent · tube · device · surgical · procedure · repositioning · reimplantation · replacement · reinflation

restoration

replacement

What takes another's place

reconnection · reattachment · reassembly · remounting · reinstatement · renewal · reconstitution · reconstruction · fitting · fixing

reintegration

reentry

Coming back in

reassimilation · reinstatement · reintroduction · reestablishment · return · resumption · readaptation · reacclimation · rejoining · mainstreaming

revival

return

Go back again

reentry · renewal · resurgence · reestablishment · reactivation · resumption · recommencement · relaunch · reinstatement · rejoining

data

reentry

Coming back in

reimport · reloading · repopulation · updating · correction · amendment · modification · database · record · file

Opposites
action direction

reinsertionremoval

Act of taking away

extraction · withdrawal · pulling out · excision · dislodgement

Family

reinserting, reinsertions

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