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Adhesion (medicine)


adhesion


1. <chemistry> The property of remaining in close proximity, as that resulting from the physical attraction of molecules to a substance or the molecular attraction existing between the surfaces of contacting bodies.

2. The stable joining of parts to each other, which may occur abnormally.

3. A fibrous band or structure by which parts abnormally adhere.

Origin: L. Adhaesio, from adhaerere = to stick to