in a general sense, implies the sticking or adhering of bodies together.

in Philosophy. See Cohesion.

in Anatomy, a term for one part sticking to another, which in a natural state are separate. For the most part, if any of those parts in the thorax or belly lie in contact, and inflame, they grow together. The lungs very frequently adhere to the pleura.

ADIUL, in Astronomy, a star of the fifth magnitude, upon the garment of Andromeda, under the last star in her foot.