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adherences

adherences is the plural 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 adherences

What is adherences the plural of?
Adherences is the plural of adherence.

Words near adherences in the dictionary

  1. Adherbeijan
  2. Adherbijan
  3. adhere
  4. adhered
  5. adherence
  6. adherences
  7. adherencies
  8. adherency
  9. adherend
  10. adherends
  11. adherens junction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adherences (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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