adhesions
plural of adhesion
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*he"sion, n. Etym: [L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adhésion.]
1. 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.
2. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, to error, to a policy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey.
3. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay.
4. (Physics)
Definition: The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
5. (Med.)
Definition: Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
6. (Bot.)
Definition: The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
Syn.
– Adherence; union. See Adherence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 February 2025
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
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