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ADHERENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
Example:
the adhesion of Seville was decisive
Synonyms:
adherence; adhesion; attachment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("adherence" is a kind of...):
support (aiding the cause or policy or interests of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adherence"):
ecclesiasticism (excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities)
cabalism; kabbalism (adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation)
royalism (adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government)
traditionalism (adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Example:
a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
Synonyms:
adherence; adhesion; adhesiveness; bond
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("adherence" is a kind of...):
stickiness (the property of sticking to a surface)
Derivation:
adherent (sticking fast)
Context examples:
None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that disdain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
This process is involved in direct lysis of target cells, immune adherence and phagocytosis of pathogens, and recruitment and activation of immunocompetent cells.
(Complement Activation, NCI Thesaurus)
A low score reflects good adherence to screen recommendations by the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP).
(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is also possible that GPs with empathic, patient-centred skills may be more likely to succeed in promoting positive behavioural change such as medication adherence or physical activity.
(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)
I could dare it for the sake of any friend who deserved my adherence; as you, I am sure, do.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle was based on four factors: non-smoker, diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish, not overweight or obese (body mass index less than 30), and regular physical exercise.
(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)
Besides measuring weight and waist circumference, the researchers monitored all participants’ insulin and blood sugar levels, resting metabolic rates (energy expenditures while sedentary), and adherence to the whole-grain diets using specialized tests.
(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
The close adherence (bonding) to adjoining cell surfaces.
(Cell Adhesion, NCI Dictionary)
Cell Adhesion involves close adherence (bonding) of a cell to another cell surface or to insoluble material due to physiochemical attraction between molecules on the surfaces of the adjoining bodies in contact.
(Cell Adhesion, NCI Thesaurus)
Any apoptotic process triggered by inadequate or inappropriate adherence to substrate, such as may occur after disruption of the interactions between normal epithelial cells and the extracellular matrix.
(Anoikis, NCI Thesaurus)
