1. The act or quality of sticking to something. SEE ALSO: adhesion. 2. The extent to which a patient continues an agreed-upon mode of treatment without close supervision. Cf.:compliance (2), maintenance. [L. adhaereo, to stick to]
- immune a. the binding of cells via antigen-antibody complexes that have triggered complement fixation; a. is to appropriate complement receptors.
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ad·her·ence (ad-hērґəns) the act or condition of sticking to something.Medical dictionary. 2011.