ADHESIONS

Noun

adhesions

plural of adhesion

Source: Wiktionary


ADHESION

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



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