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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

adhésif

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

Thomson.

Adhesive attraction

(Physics)

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Adhesive inflammation

(Surg.)

that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration.

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Adhesive plaster

a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.

Adj.

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are adhesive.

See also: adhesive

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