FIXATION
\fɪksˈe͡ɪʃən], \fɪksˈeɪʃən], \f_ɪ_k_s_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FIXATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
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(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
By Princeton University
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an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
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(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
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The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; - said of gaseous elements.
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A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; - said of metals.
By Oddity Software
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The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
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The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; - said of gaseous elements.
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A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; - said of metals.
By Noah Webster.
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Act of fixing or state of being fixed; steadiness; firmness; state in which a body does not evaporate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The action of fixing.
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The factor or condition of being fixed.
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The action of depriving of volatility or fluidity.
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In psycho-analysis the maintaining of the libido at an infantile level of development. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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