adherence
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See also: adhérence
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/
Noun[edit]
adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)
- A close physical union of two objects.
- Faithful support for some cause.
- (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
- (Scots law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.[1]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
union of two objects
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support for a cause
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(medicine)
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “adherence, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.