ad|he|sion

ad|he|sion «ad HEE zhuhn», noun.

1. a sticking fast (to anything); an adhering; attachment.

2. a) a following and supporting; faithfulness; adherence. b) Figurative. agreement; assent; »

To that treaty Spain and England gave…adhesion (Macaulay).

SYNONYM(S): concurrence.

3. Physics. the molecular attraction exerted between the surfaces of unlike bodies in contact, such as a solid and a liquid.

4. a) the growing together of body tissues that are normally separate, as a result of inflammation or after certain kinds of surgery. b) Often, adhesions. one of the bands or fibers of new tissue by which this is accomplished.

5. Botany. adnation.

6. Anthropology. the association of two apparently unrelated aspects of culture in a functional relationship, for example, when the making of pottery by hand is considered to be woman's work.

╂[< Latin adhaesiō, -ōnis < adhaerēre adhere]