adherence

See also: adhérence

English

Alternative forms

• adhærence (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/

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.

Derived terms

• antiadherence
• coadherence
• cytoadherence
• hyperadherence
• immunoadherence
• inadherence
• in adherence to
• in adherence with
• maladherence
• nonadherence
• preadherence

 

Translations

union of two objects

• Bulgarian: сцепление (bg) (sceplenie)
• Dutch: adhesie (nl)
• Finnish: kiinnittyminen, liimautuminen; adherenssi
• Irish: greamú m
• Portuguese: aderência (pt) f
• Russian: сцепле́ние (ru) n (sceplénije)
• Spanish: adhesión (es) f

support for a cause

• Bulgarian: привързаност (bg) (privǎrzanost)
• Dutch: trouw zijn aan
• Finnish: kannatus (fi)
• French: adhésion (fr) f
• German: Unterstützung (de) f
• Polish: adherencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: aderência (pt) f
• Russian: приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ)

(medicine)

• Finnish: adherenssi, hoitoon sitoutuminen
• French: observance (fr)
• Walloon: atnance (wa) f, atna m

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} följsamhet (sv)

See also

• compliance