adhesion
noun
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Sense 1 noun
abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
Types & categories
Sense 2 noun
a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
Types & categories
- scar tissue hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
the mutual adhesiveness of cells
Types & categories
- stickiness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
attachment to a formal agenda
Types & categories
- support hypernym
- ecclesiasticism hyponym
- kabbalism hyponym
- royalism hyponym
- traditionalism hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pathology |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | symphysis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synechia |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | scar tissue |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cling |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adherent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stickiness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhere |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecclesiasticism |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kabbalism |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | royalism |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | traditionalism |