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. Source: opted

2. n. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy. Source: opted

3. n. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. Source: opted

4. n. The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion. Source: opted

5. n. Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process. Source: opted

6. n. The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant. Source: opted

7. n. abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen Source: wordnet

8. n. a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures Source: wordnet

9. n. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition Source: wordnet

10. n. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion Source: wordnet

11. 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) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion. 5. (Med.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process. 6. (Bot.) 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

12. The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. SeeCohesion. Source: adambom

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