Adherence Definition & Meaning

adherence
noun
  1. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
  2. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"

"Adherence" in song lyrics

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  • "drug adherence"
    AOL — AOL

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