adherence

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/

Noun[edit]

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

  1. A close physical union of two objects.
  2. Faithful support for some cause.
  3. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
  4. (Scots law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.[1]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ adherence, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.