adhesion, n.
(adhesions)
(adhesions)
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
adherence adhesion attachment
sample sentences
"attachment to a formal agenda""adherence to a fat-free diet"
"the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hypernym
hyponym
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
<noun.attribute>
adherence adhesion adhesiveness bond
sample sentences
"the mutual adhesiveness of cells""a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
<noun.body>
adhesion
semantic pointers
hypernym
abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
<noun.state>
adhesion