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adhesion
Overview of noun adhesion
The noun adhesion has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. adhesion -- (abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen)
2. adhesion -- (a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures)
3. adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond -- (the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition)
4. attachment, adherence, adhesion -- (faithful support for a religion or cause or political party)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adhesion
4 senses of adhesion
Sense 1
adhesion
=> pathology
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
adhesion
=> scar tissue
=> connective tissue
=> animal tissue
=> tissue
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
=> stickiness
=> viscosity, viscousness
=> consistency, consistence, body
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
attachment, adherence, adhesion
=> support
=> aid, assist, assistance, help
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun adhesion
2 of 4 senses of adhesion
Sense 1
adhesion
=> symphysis
=> synechia
Sense 4
attachment, adherence, adhesion
=> ecclesiasticism
=> kabbalism, cabalism
=> royalism
=> traditionalism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adhesion
4 senses of adhesion
Sense 1
adhesion
=> pathology
Sense 2
adhesion
=> scar tissue
Sense 3
adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
=> stickiness
Sense 4
attachment, adherence, adhesion
=> support
Antonyms of noun adhesion
Member Holonyms of noun adhesion
Substance Holonyms of noun adhesion
Part Holonyms of noun adhesion
Member Meronyms of noun adhesion
Substance Meronyms of noun adhesion
Part Meronyms of noun adhesion
Meronyms of noun adhesion
Holonyms of noun adhesion
Attributes of noun adhesion
Derived Forms of noun adhesion
2 of 4 senses of adhesion
Sense 3
adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
RELATED TO>(verb) adhere#3
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
RELATED TO>(verb) adhere#6
=> adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
Sense 4
attachment, adherence, adhesion
RELATED TO>(verb) adhere#4
=> adhere, stick
Domain of noun adhesion
Domain Terms of noun adhesion
Familiarity of noun adhesion
adhesion used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun adhesion
4 senses of adhesion
Sense 1
adhesion
> pathology
=> acidosis
=> alkalosis
=> ankylosis, anchylosis
=> arteriectasis, arteriectasia
=> arthropathy
=> asynergy, asynergia
=> asystole, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest
=> diverticulosis
=> flux
=> fluorosis
=> gammopathy
=> glossolalia
=> angiopathy
=> aphagia
=> stenosis, stricture
=> atherogenesis
=> ascites
=> azymia
=> bacteremia, bacteriemia, bacteriaemia
=> sclerosis, induration
=> lipomatosis
=> lithiasis
=> cartilaginification
=> cyst
=> endometriosis, adenomyosis
=> adhesion
=> hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease, iron overload, bronzed diabetes
=> infarct, infarction
=> macrocytosis
=> fibrosis
=> malacia
=> mastopathy, mazopathy
=> neuropathy
=> myopathy
=> osteoporosis
=> priapism
=> demineralization, demineralisation
=> pyorrhea, pyorrhoea
=> uremia, uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia
=> azoturia
=> lesion
=> lymphadenopathy
=> gangrene, sphacelus, slough
=> hyperbilirubinemia
=> palilalia
=> reflux
=> otorrhea
=> rhinopathy
=> hydronephrosis
=> atelectasis
=> anoxemia
=> coprolalia
=> autoimmunity
=> dysfunction, disfunction
=> sarcoidosis
=> carotenemia, xanthemia
=> stasis
=> uropathy
=> varicosis
=> viremia, viraemia
=> volvulus
Sense 2
adhesion
> scar tissue
=> adhesion
Sense 3
adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
> stickiness
=> adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
Sense 4
attachment, adherence, adhesion
> support
=> attachment, adherence, adhesion
=> advocacy, protagonism
=> sponsorship
=> endorsement, indorsement
=> blessing, approval, approving
=> reassurance
Meronyms of noun adhesion
4 senses of adhesion
Sense 2
adhesion
=> scar tissue
=> connective tissue
HAS SUBSTANCE: collagen
HAS PART: histiocyte
HAS PART: matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
HAS PART: mast cell, mastocyte, labrocyte
=> animal tissue
=> tissue
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun adhesion
Grep of noun adhesion
adhesion
adhesion contract
contract of adhesion
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