vb, ad*hered  ad*her*ing vi  1  :  to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing <a gauze bandage adhering to the wound>   2  :  to become joined (as in pathological adhesion) <the lung sometimes s to the pleura>  vt  :  to cause to stick fast ad*her*ence n 
 
   
 
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