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| 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 |
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