Definition of
Adhesion
- (noun, act) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adherence to a fat-free diet
the adhesion of Seville was decisive - (noun, attribute) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion - (noun, body) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- (noun, state) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- (noun, act) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
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Synonyms of Adhesion
Alternate forms of Adhesion
Derivations: adhere
Hyponyms: cabalism, ecclesiasticism, kabbalism, royalism, symphysis, synechia, traditionalism
Hypernyms: pathology, scar tissue, stickiness, support
Origin of the word Adhesion
- 1620s, from Fr. adh?sion, from L. adhaesionem (nom. adhaesio), noun of action from pp. stem of adhaerare (see adherence).
"Adhesion is generally used in the material, and adherence in the metaphysical sense." [Johnson]
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