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adhærence

adhærence is the archaic spelling of adherence.

Meaning of adherence

Noun

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

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

Questions about adhærence

What is adhærence the archaic spelling of?
Adhærence is the archaic spelling of adherence.

Words near adhærence in the dictionary

  1. ADHS
  2. adhumulone
  3. Adhya
  4. adhyasa
  5. adhære
  6. adhærence
  7. adhærent
  8. adhærents
  9. adhæsion
  10. adhæsions
  11. adhæsive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adhærence (page history and authors); adherence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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