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See also: adhérence

English

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Etymology

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

  1. A close physical union of two objects.
  3. Faithful support for some cause.
  4. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
  5. (Scots law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

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References

  1. ^ “adherence, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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