fixation

fixation has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
• n.. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.
• n.. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
• n.. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.
• n.. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
• n.. the activity of fastening something firmly in position
• n.. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
• n.. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely