fixationnoun
uk/fɪkˈseɪ.ʃən/us/fɪkˈseɪ.ʃən/fixation noun (INTEREST)
[ C ] the state of being unable to stop thinking about something or someone, or an unnaturally strong interest in something or someone:
Liz has a fixation with food.
a mother fixation
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Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured by sth idiom
- be hung up on sth idiom
- be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
- devour
- fixated
- get into sb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- hobbyhorse
- mania
- nag
- obsessive
- one-track mind
- preoccupation
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- prey
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fixation noun (ATTACHING)
[ U ] specialized medical the process of attaching or sewing something firmly in place
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Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- screw
- tie
- truss
- tying
- yoke
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fixation noun (PRESERVING)
[ U ] specialized medical the process of preserving something in a laboratory using a special liquid
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Scientific techniques
- carbon capture
- carbon dating
- clone
- dissect
- double-blind
- gene amplification
- genetic engineering
- genetic fingerprinting
- radiocarbon dating
- thermal imaging
- tissue culture
- transgenic
- vivisection
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