Manufactured Object
adhesive Audio
ad·he·sive [ ad-hee-siv, -ziv ]
Definitions related to adhesives:
  • Any substance that affixes 2 or more surfaces together. This may be supplied separately, or attached to another item such as tape.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • Substance capable of bonding together two surfaces (e.g. bioadhesive material).
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • Substances that cause the adherence of two surfaces. They include glues (properly collagen-derived adhesives), mucilages, sticky pastes, gums, resins, or latex.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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