adhesion

noun

1. 1

   faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

   attachment to a formal agenda

   adherence to a fat-free diet

2. 2

   the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

   the mutual adhesiveness of cells

   a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion

3. 3

   a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures

4. 4

   abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen