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adhesion

In medicine, the abnormal binding of two tissues as a result of inflammation or damage. The moving surfaces of joints or internal organs may merge together if they have been inflamed and tissue fluid has been present between the surfaces.

Adhesions sometimes occur after abdominal operations and may lead to colicky pains and intestinal obstruction.

After pleurisy the two layers of the pleura adhere. Peritoneal adhesions occur after peritonitis, and adhesion of the two layers of the pericardium may follow pericarditis.
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Differences found related to sex include the SDN-POA, the interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH-2 and INAH-3), the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST), the SCN, the anterior commissure, and the interthalamic adhesion.
Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding by Hershberger, Scott L. / The Journal of Sex Research
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