Lexic.us

Definition of Adherence

1. Noun. Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion. "The adhesion of Seville was decisive"

2. Noun. 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"

Definition of Adherence

1. n. The quality or state of adhering.

Definition of Adherence

1. Noun. A close physical union of two objects. ¹

2. Noun. Faithful support for some cause. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adherence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adherence

1. Refers to the ability of bacteria adhere (stick) to host surfaces. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adherence

adessives adfected adfiliated adfix adfixes adfluvial adfluxion adhan adhans adharma

adharmas adharmic adherable adhere adhered adherence (current term) adherence syndrome adherences adherencies adherency

adherend adherends adherens junction adherens junctions adherent pericardium adherent placenta adherently adherents adherer

Literary usage of Adherence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring), That the Senate advise and consent to the adherence by the United States to the said three ..."

2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"The French often use adherence for the state uf union, ... (F.) A,l- Ke»if: same etymon as adherence. Sticking, uniting. ..."

3. The Peace Conference at The Hague: And Its Bearings on International Law and by Frederick William Holls (1900)
"adherence by ARTICLE 6O. The conditions under which Powers other Powers. not represented in the International Peace Conference may become adherents to the ..."

4. The Science of Legal Judgment: A Treatise Designed to Show the Materials by James Ram (1835)
"Of adherence to two or more Decisions. III. Of Departure from one Decision. IV. Of adherence to a Fixed Doctrine. V. Of Discordant Decisions, ..."

5. The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907: A Series of Lectures Delivered by James Brown Scott (1909)
"... by a preliminary protocol, the adherence of all the nonsignatory States to the arbitration treaty of the First Conference. This understanding has been ..."

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