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ad·he·sion \adˈhēzhən, əd-\ noun (-s) Etymology: French or Latin; French adhésion, from Latin adhaesion-, adhaesio, from adhaesus (past participle of adhaerēre) + -ion-, -io -ion 1. : steady or firm attachment (as to a person, party, principle, or idea) : adherence < unshakable adhesion to one … individual — D.W.Brogan > < adhesion … to the federal party — H.E.Scudder > 2. : the action or state of adhering; specifically : a sticking together of substances (as of glue and wood or of parts united by growth) 3. a. : the abnormal union of surfaces normally separate by the formation of new fibrous tissue resulting from an inflammatory process; also : the newly formed uniting tissue < pleural adhesions > b. : the union of wound edges especially by first intention 4. : something that adheres < freeing the concept of executive functions from certain adhesions sometimes confused with them — Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell > 5. : the act of joining, taking part in, or subscribing to < adhesion of all countries to a copyright convention > : agreement to join : concurrence < the country announced its adhesion to the pact > 6. : the union of separate plant parts or organs — used chiefly of union between parts of different floral whorls (as between sepals and carpels); compare cohesion 7. a. : a grip or sticking effect produced by friction or the friction itself (as of a smooth locomotive wheel pulling on a smooth rail) b. : the force that must be developed to overcome this grip before slip occurs 8. : the molecular attraction exerted between the surfaces of bodies in contact — distinguished from cohesion 9. : the association of apparently unrelated elements in a culture complex |