Definition of adhesion

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Adhesion (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

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Adherence :: Adherence (n.) The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions..
Agglutinant :: Agglutinant (a.) Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant..
Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums..
Agglutinate :: Agglutinate (v. t.) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter..
Conglutinant :: Conglutinant (a.) Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process..
Prosphysis :: Prosphysis (n.) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
Lumpfish :: Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl..
Fanfoot :: Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes..
Accede :: Accede (v. i.) To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (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..
Unite :: Unite (v. i.) To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together..
Trematodea :: Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodi
Agglutinative :: Agglutinative (a.) Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive..
Cohesion :: Cohesion (n.) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..
Adnation :: Adnation (n.) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
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