Abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen.

Roget 772: observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence; obedience etc. 743; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance, acquittal.    adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity etc. (probity) 939; exact etc. 494; observance.    ... show more

Roget 199: contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal^†, juxtaposition; abutment, osculation; meeting, appulse^†, rencontre^†, rencounter^†, syzygy [Astr.], coincidence, coexistence; adhesion etc. 46; touching etc. v.. (touch) 379.    borderland; frontier etc. (limit) 233; tangent; abutter.    ... show more

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

Polish: zrost

The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition:
— A heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion.

synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond.

Roget 46: coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering etc. v.; connection; dependence.    tenacity, toughness; stickiness etc. 352; inseparability, inseparableness; bur, remora.    conglomerate, concrete etc. (density) 321.    ... show more

Dutch: kleverigheid
Polish: adhezja, przyleganie

Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion:
— The adhesion of Seville was decisive.

synonyms: adherence, attachment.

Dutch: trouw zijn aan, adhesie, steun, toewijding, trouw, aanhankelijkheid
Polish: adhezja