For Adhesion we have terms and definitions in 19 topics. The topics are Adhesives and Sealants, Auto Body, Car Care, Carpet, Construction, Explosives, Female Health, Fertility, Fitness, Health, Horse Health, Import Cars, Indycar Racing, Mesothelioma, Paint, Penis, Reproductive Infections, Roofing and Wood.

Adhesion (Adhesives and Sealants)

The bonding forces between two different materials (e.g. between an adhesive and substrate).

Adhesion (Auto Body)

The attachment between two surfaces or coatings i.e. the primer improves the adhesion of the paint to the surface.

Adhesion (Car Care)

The property of a lubricant that causes it to cling or adhere to a solid surface.

Adhesion (Carpet)

Molecular attraction that holds the surfaces of two substances in contact. The force that holds different materials together at their interface and resist separation into two layers.

Adhesion (Construction)

The degree of attachment or bonding of one substance to another.

Adhesion (Explosives)

Adhesion and cohesion, attractive forces between material bodies. Adhesive forces act between different substances, whereas cohesive forces act within a single substance, holding its atoms, ions, or molecules together. Without these forces, solids and liquids would act as gases. Surface Tension in liquids results from cohesion, and Capillarity results from a combination of adhesion and cohesion. Friction between two solid bodies depends in part on adhesion.

Adhesion (Female Health)

A band of scar tissue that joins normally separated internal body structures, most often after surgery, inflammation, or injury in the area.

Adhesion (Fertility)

Scarring as a result of tissue injury. It can be caused by infections such as gonorrhea or chlamydia or by previous surgeries such as removal of cysts or an appendectomy or because of endometriosis. Adhesions involving the tubes and/or the ovaries can cause infertility by preventing the normal pick-up of the egg from the surface of the ovary. If the adhesions are mild, they can be treated by laparoscopic surgery. If the adhesions are severe, surgery may not be successful and in most cases (IVF) is recommended

Adhesion (Fitness)

The abnormal union of body tissues that are normally separate (similar to scar tissue).

Adhesion (Health)

A band of scar tissue that joins normally separated internal body structures, most often after surgery, inflammation, or injury in the area.

Adhesion (Horse Health)

A fusion or sticking together of surfaces.

Adhesion (Import Cars)

1. The ability of a tire to remain in contact with the road surface. 2. The property of oil that causes it to cling to metal surfaces, such as bearings.

Adhesion (Indycar Racing)

The maintenance of contact between two touching objects. Adhesion refers to a static condition, whereas traction (also known as "grip") refers to a moving condition.

Adhesion (Mesothelioma)

An abnormal sticking together of organs or tissues, sometimes resulting in obstructions requiring surgery.

Adhesion (Paint)

The ability of a dry paint film or caulk to remain attached to the surface. Adhesion is probably the single most important property of a paint or caulk.

Adhesion (Penis)

1. False diagnosis of normal union between neonatal foreskin and glans as pathological. "Cured" by circumcision, as sleep in the eyes would be cured by beheading.
2. Iatrogenic joining of the foreskin to the glans caused by misguided attempts to separate them prematurely, with tearing and joining of raw wound-tissues. Can cause phimosis

Adhesion (Reproductive Infections)

Scar tissue in the abdominal cavity, fallopian tubes, or uterus that may interfere with transport of the egg or implantation of the embryo in the uterus.

Adhesion (Roofing)

The property of a coating or sealant to bond to the surface to which it is applied.

Adhesion (Wood)

The union between a coating film and the material with which it is in contact. The latter may be another film of paint (intercoat adhesion) or any other material such as wood.

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