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• (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

  synonym	fixing
  derivation	fixate
  domain topic	histology
  holo part	plastination
  hypernym	preservation

• the activity of fastening something firmly in position

  derivation	fixate
  hypernym	attachmentfastening

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

  synonym	obsession
  derivation	fixatefixate
  hypernym	preoccupation
  hyponym	anancasm

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

  synonym	arrested developmentinfantile fixationregression
  hypernym	abnormalcyabnormality