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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


intoxicate(2) (iou)



intoxicate verb. LME.
[medieval Latin intoxicat- pa. ppl stem of intoxicare, from IN-2 + Latin toxicum poison: see TOXIC adjective, -ATE3.]
verb trans. Poison; fig. corrupt morally or spiritually. LME-M19.
verb trans. Stupefy, madden or deprive of the ordinary use of the senses or reason with a drug or alcoholic liquor; inebriate, make drunk. L16.
P. Parish The double scotch..makes a novice drinker feel unpleasantly intoxicated.
b. fig. Make unsteady or delirious in mind or feelings; excite or exhilarate beyond self-control. L16.
J. Buchan After..confinement in London the..countryside intoxicated me. V. Woolf Round they whirled, intoxicated by the Music.
verb intrans. Cause intoxication. L17.
intoxicatedly adverb like a person who is intoxicated L19.
intoxicating ppl adjective causing intoxication (freq. fig.) M17.
intoxicatingly adverb L19.
intoxicative adjective (rare) (a) tending to intoxicate; (b) poisonous; (c) pertaining to or characteristic of intoxication: M17.
intoxicator noun (rare) a person who intoxicates; formerly, a poisoner: M18.