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adhesion

noun
/ˌædˈhiː.ʒən/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion From French adhésion, from Latin stem of adhaesio, from past participle of adhaerare.

  1. derived from adhésion

Definitions

  1. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.

  2. Persistent attachment or loyalty.

  3. An agreement to adhere.

    • Mistress Affery, heartily glad to effect the proposed compromise, gave in her willing adhesion to it.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an…

      An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

    2. The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.

    3. The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.

The neighborhood

Derived

adhesiolysis, adhesional, adhesion contract, adhesionless, adhesionolysis, adhesiotomy, adhesome, antiadhesion, bioadhesion, cell-adhesion molecule, cell adhesion molecule, coadhesion, cytoadhesion, deadhesion, disadhesion, focal adhesion, hyperadhesion, immunoadhesion, inadhesion, interthalamic adhesion, microadhesion, mucoadhesion, nonadhesion, readhesion, sialoadhesion, thermoadhesion, vitreomacular adhesion

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