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ADHESIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
Synonyms:
adhesive; adhesive agent; adhesive material
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adhesive" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Meronyms (substance of "adhesive"):
epoxy; epoxy glue; epoxy resin (a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adhesive"):
birdlime; lime (a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds)
spirit gum (an adhesive solution made of gum and ether and used to attach false hair to skin)
binder (something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface)
cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)
library paste; paste (an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard)
rubber cement (an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha)
Derivation:
adhesive (tending to adhere)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to adhere
Classified under:
Similar:
sticky (covered with an adhesive material)
stick-on (of something (a paper label or postage stamp) gummed in advance)
self-sealing (seals without the application of moisture)
pitchy; resinous; resiny; tarry (having the characteristics of pitch or tar)
gummed; gummy (covered with adhesive gum)
gum-like (resembling chewing gum)
gluey; glutinous; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)
cohesive (causing cohesion)
coherent; tenacious (sticking together)
bondable (capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass)
agglutinate; agglutinative (united as if by glue)
adherent (sticking fast)
Antonym:
nonadhesive (not tending to adhere)
Derivation:
adhere (stick to firmly)
adhesive (a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together)
adhesiveness (the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition)
Context examples:
A solid composed of an impermeable occlusive backing, a formulation matrix in which the active and/or inert ingredient(s) are dissolved or dispersed and an adhesive layer.
(Medicated Adhesive Patch Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
PfEMP1 has been suggested as the key adhesive molecule of pRBCs.
(Malaria Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Adhesive glycoprotein found in blood (as an opsonin and platelet aggregation factor), connective tissue (as a collagen crosslinker), and bound to cell surfaces (as a cell adhesion protein).
(Fibronectin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
This knowledge can guide the development of an organic synthetic adhesive that would reduce the risk of infection and scarring compared to stitches and staples and could be applied rapidly and simply.
(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)
This prevents the binding of fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, and other adhesive ligands and leads to an inhibition of platelet aggregation and prevents thrombus development.
(Eptifibatide, NCI Thesaurus)
The choice of the particular binder or thickening agent is dependent upon the desired properties of adhesive strength and thickness.
(Binder Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
A microbiological technique for specimen collection and mounting for microscopic examination that utilizes a cellulose-based adhesive ribbon.
(Cellulose Tape Method, NCI Thesaurus)
An adhesive used to bond various materials to a tooth.
(Dental Bonding Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
A cellular process where an epithelial cell loses polarity, disassembles adhesive junctions, degrades its basement membrane and transforms into a migratory mesenchymal cell.
(Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, NCI Thesaurus)
An adhesive restorative material, available in a number of shades to match patients' teeth, used for restoring teeth, correcting tooth discolorations, or cosmetic tooth enhancements.
(Bonding Restorative Material, NCI Thesaurus)
