adherence

See also: adhérence

English

Alternative forms

• adhærence (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Latin haereō

Latin adhaereō

Latin adhaerēns

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Medieval Latin adhaerentiader.

Middle French adhérenceder.

English adherence

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/

Noun

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

1. A close physical union of two objects.
3. Faithful support for some cause.

   Strict adherence to the rules is required.

   The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.

   Religious adherence can shape a community’s culture.

4. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
5. (Scots law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

Derived terms

• antiadherence
• coadherence
• cytoadherence
• hyperadherence
• immunoadherence
• inadherence
• maladherence
• nonadherence
• preadherence
• underadherence

Translations

union of two objects

• Bulgarian: сцепление (bg) (sceplenie)
• Dutch: adhesie (nl)
• Finnish: kiinnittyminen (fi), liimautuminen; adherenssi
• Irish: greamú m
• Portuguese: aderência (pt) f
• Russian: сцепле́ние (ru) n (sceplénije)
• Spanish: adhesión (es) f

support for a cause

• Bulgarian: привързаност (bg) (privǎrzanost)
• Dutch: trouw zijn aan
• Finnish: kannatus (fi)
• French: adhésion (fr) f
• German: Unterstützung (de) f
• Polish: adherencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: aderência (pt) f
• Russian: приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ)
• Volapük: züp (vo)

(medicine)

• Finnish: adherenssi, hoitoon sitoutuminen
• French: observance (fr)
• Walloon: atnance (wa) f, atna m

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} följsamhet (sv)

See also

• compliance