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adherence

noun
/ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/UK/ədˈhɪɹ.əns/CA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin adhaerentiader. Middle French adhérenceder. English adherence From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

  1. derived from adhaerentia
  2. derived from adhérence

Definitions

  1. A close physical union of two objects.

  2. Faithful support for some cause.

    • Strict adherence to the rules is required.
    • The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.
    • Religious adherence can shape a community’s culture.

  3. An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

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Derived

antiadherence, coadherence, cytoadherence, hyperadherence, immunoadherence, inadherence, maladherence, nonadherence, preadherence, underadherence

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at adherence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at adherence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at adherence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA