fixation | ||
1. | [ noun ] (psychology) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone | |
Synonyms: | obsession | |
Related terms: | preoccupation voyeurism haunt fixate | |
2. | [ noun ] (medicine) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | |
Synonyms: | infantile_fixation regression arrested_development | |
Related terms: | abnormality | |
3. | [ noun ] the activity of fastening something firmly in position | |
Related terms: | fastening fixate | |
4. | [ noun ] (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | |
Synonyms: | fixing | |
Related terms: | preservation preservation plastination fixate | |
Similar spelling: |
fiction fictional fighting |