adhesive
Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
Other meanings
Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
Related words
- adhesively
- adhesivemeter
- adhesiveness
- adhesivity
- antiadhesive
- bioadhesive
- coadhesive
- counteradhesive
- cytoadhesive
- hyperadhesive
- mucoadhesive
- multiadhesive
Word history
From Medieval Latin "adhaesivus".
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