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Definition of Adhesion

1. Noun. Abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen.

2. Noun. A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures.

3. 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"

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

Definition of Adhesion

1. n. 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.

Definition of Adhesion

1. Noun. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance. ¹

2. Noun. Persistent attachment or loyalty. ¹

3. Noun. An agreement to adhere. ¹

4. Noun. (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adhesion

1. the act of adhering [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adhesion

1. 1. The property of remaining in close proximity, as that resulting from the physical attraction of molecules to a substance or the molecular attraction existing between the surfaces of contacting bodies. 2. The stable joining of parts to each other, which may occur abnormally. 3. A fibrous band or structure by which parts abnormally adhere. Origin: L. Adhaesio, from adhaerere = to stick to (15 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adhesion

adherens junctions adherent pericardium adherent placenta adherently adherents adherer adherers adheres adhering adhering junction

adheringly adhesin adhesins adhesio interthalamica adhesion (current term) adhesion-related kinase adhesion contract adhesion dyspepsia adhesion molecules adhesion phenomenon

adhesion structures linked tyrosine kinase adhesion test adhesional adhesionless adhesions adhesiotomies adhesiotomy adhesive adhesive absorbent dressing

Literary usage of Adhesion

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"The origin of the adhesion is, he believes, to be laid in the fœtus by the close and undisturbed contact which then exists between the superficial cells of ..."

2. Lessons in Chemical Philosophy: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by John Howard Appleton, Herbert William Conn (1890)
"adhesion is a form of attractive force, exerted at insensible distances, ... Of this kind of adhesion there are many examples. The adhesion of a piece of ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"The sigmoid adhesion as typically seen involving the Fallopian tube. from ... There is a clear-cut symptomatology associated with adhesion of the sigmoid. ..."

4. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Stanley P. L. Leong (1922)
"THE SIGMOID adhesion AGAIN I bring to your attention a case illustrating the significance of adhesion and kinking of the sigmoid flexure. ..."

5. The Red Cross: A History of this Remarkable International Movement in the by Clara Barton (1898)
"{International Bulletin for April, adhesion OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CONVENTION ... No doubt could now rest in any mind that the adhesion of the United ..."

6. Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, Edward Rose Maurer (1907)
"The high value of the tangential adhesion, or grip, of concrete to steel rods ... Experience has shown this adhesion to be sufficiently reliable and ..."

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