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adhesion definition

ad·he·sion (ad hēz̸hən, əd-)

noun

  1. the act of sticking (to something) or the state of being stuck together
  2. devoted attachment; adherence
  3. a thing that adheres
  4. Med.
    1. the joining together, by fibrous tissue, of bodily parts or tissues that are normally separate: it typically results from inflammation
    2. a band of fibrous tissue abnormally joining bodily parts or tissues
  5. Physics the force that holds together the molecules of unlike substances whose surfaces are in contact

Etymology: Fr < L adhaesio < pp. of adhaerere: see adhere

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