Word Type

Noun

The word "fixation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

movement

Derived Terms

carbon fixation circumfixation cryofixation fixational hyperfixation immunofixation interfixation laterofixation malfixation nitrogen fixation nonfixation osteofixation overfixation postfixation prefixation quasifixation refixation session fixation stable fixation vaginofixation ventrofixation

Context

genetics histology legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abnormalcy abnormality attachment fastening preoccupation preservation

Type Of (IsA)

fastening preservation

Part Of

plastination

Related Terms

allele arrested development evaporation fix fixate fixed obsession resistance volatile volatilization

Synonym Network

addiction arrested development fixedness mania obsession preoccupation

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