adherent

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  1. noun A supporter, as of a cause or individual: a vote that pleased adherents of education reform.
  2. adjective Sticking or holding fast.
  3. adjective Botany Joined but not united. Used of dissimilar parts or organs.

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  • Non-adherent dressings are the best, but sterile sheets may be used. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Adhesive non-adherent bandages can be used for abrasions that continue to ooze blood.
  • Shariah's critics point to cases such as the airport in Minneapolis, where some Shariah-adherent taxi drivers made headlines in 2006 for refusing to pick up passengers they suspected of carrying liquor. —  FOXNews.com
  • Whatever Obama's intentions, the kind of "respect" he is exhibiting toward Shariah-adherent Muslims will surely be seen by them as submission. —  Latest Articles
  • Oxidation of steel may range from a tight, adherent, straw-coloured film that forms at a temperature of about 180C to a loose, blue-black oxide scale that forms at temperature above about 450C with resultant loss of metal. —  Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news
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admirer ·  follower ·  supporter ·  partisan ·  advocate ·  defender ·  adherence ·  worshipper ·  devotee ·  convert ·  ally ·  believer

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adherent:   adherents
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  1. from French adhérent, from Latin adhæren(t-)s, present participle of adhærere: see adhere.
 

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