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fixation medical definition
noun
- The condition of being stabilized, firmly attached, or set.
- The act or process of stabilizing or attaching something, especially a body part by surgery.
- The rapid killing and preservation of tissue elements to retain as nearly as possible the same characteristics they had in the living body.
- The conversion of a gas into solid or liquid form by chemical reactions.
- In psychoanalytic theory, a strong emotional attachment to a person or thing, especially an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in disturbed behavior that persists throughout life.
- The coordinated positioning and focusing of both eyes on an object.
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