adhesion

See also: adhésion and adhesión

English

Alternative forms

• adhæsion (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French adhésion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stem of adhaesio, from past participle of adhaerare.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Noun

adhesion (usually uncountable, plural adhesions)

1. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
2. Persistent attachment or loyalty.
3. An agreement to adhere.
4. (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
5. (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.

Antonyms

• cohesion

Derived terms

• adhesional
• adhesion contract
• adhesionless
• adhesionolysis
• antiadhesion
• cell adhesion molecule
• cell-adhesion molecule
• cytoadhesion
• deadhesion
• inadhesion
• mucoadhesion
• vitreomacular adhesion

 

Related terms

• adhesive

Translations

ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance

• Bulgarian: сцепление (bg) (sceplenie)
• Catalan: adhesió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附着力 (zh) (fùzhuólì)

• Czech: adheze (cs) f
• Finnish: adheesio (fi), vetovoima (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Adhäsion (de) f, Haftung (de) f
• Interlingue:
• Irish: greamú m
• Portuguese: adesão (pt) f
• Russian: адге́зия (ru) f (adgézija)
• Spanish: adhesión (es) f

agreement to adhere

• French: adhésion (fr) f
• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: adesão (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ), приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ)

abnormal union of surface

• Bulgarian: срастване (bg) (srastvane)
• Finnish: adheesio (fi), yhteenkasvaminen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Verwachsung f
• Russian: спа́йка (ru) f (spájka), рубе́ц (ru) m (rubéc)

binding of a cell

• French: adhésion (fr)
• Italian: adesione (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: adesão (pt)
• Spanish: adhesión (es)

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