Adhesion

[əd'hiːʒ(ə)n] or [əd'hiʒn]

Definition

(noun.) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures.

(noun.) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen.

Checker: Peggy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

(n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.

(n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

(n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

(n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

(n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.

Checker: Patty

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Adhering, sticking, clinging, tendency to adhere.[2]. Attachment, ADHERENCE.

Editor: Lyle

Definition

n. the act of adhering or sticking to: steady attachment: (path.) a vital union between two surfaces of a living body which have been either naturally or artificially separated.—adj. Adhes′ive sticky: apt to adhere.—adv. Adhes′ively.—n. Adhes′iveness.

Typist: Randall

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