Adhesion
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iËÊ’É™n
Alternative forms
- adhæsion obsolete
Origin
From French adhésion, from Latin stem of adhaesio, from past participle of adhaerare.
Full definition of adhesion
Noun
adhesion
(usually uncountable; plural adhesions)- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.