1. An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
   - arrested development, infantile fixation, regression 
2. An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
   - obsession 
3. The activity of fastening something firmly in position 
4. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
   - fixing

Derived forms: fixations

See also: fixate

Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, attachment, fastening, preoccupation, preservation

Part of: plastination

Encyclopedia: Fixation Fixation, ocular

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