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Adherent
//ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Adhesive, sticking to something.
"Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung."
- 2 Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
- 3 Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
- 4 Showing adherence to a treatment.
"Half (49.9%) of patients were adherent to their regimens, 42.6% were underadherent, and 7.6% had medication oversupply."
Adjective
- 1 sticking fast wordnet
Noun
- 1 A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
- 2 someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
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