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Synonyms
ad·he·sion (ăd-hḗzhən)

[French adhésion, from Latin adhaesiō, adhaesiōn-, from adhaesus past participle of adhaerēre, to adhere; see adhere.]

noun 

  1. The act or state of adhering.
  2. Attachment or devotion; loyalty.
  3. Assent or agreement to join.
  4. Medicine
    1. A condition in which bodily tissues that are normally separate grow together.
    2. A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures.
  5. Physics The physical attraction or joining of two substances, especially the macroscopically observable attraction of dissimilar substances.