adherence

adherence

See also: adhérence

English

Alternative forms

• adhærence (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈhɪəɹəns/

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Noun

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

1. A close physical union of two objects.
2. Faithful support for some cause.
3. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
4. (Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

Derived terms

• in adherence to
• in adherence with

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

See also

• compliance

References

• “adherence, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.