(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.

(n.)

Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.

(n.)

Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

(n.)

The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

(n.)

Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

(n.)

The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.

(noun)

steady or firm attachment : adherence

(noun)

the action or state of adhering

(noun)

the abnormal union of separate tissue surfaces by new fibrous tissue resulting from an inflammatory process

(noun)

the newly formed uniting tissue

(noun)

agreement to join

(noun)

the molecular attraction exerted between the surfaces of bodies in contact

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