noun
1. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
• Syn: ↑union
• Derivationally related forms: ↑conglutinate
• Hypernyms: ↑healing
2. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
• Syn: ↑coalescence, ↑coalescency, ↑coalition, ↑concretion
• Derivationally related forms:
↑conglutinate, ↑concrete (for: ↑concretion), ↑coalesce (for: ↑coalition), ↑coalescent (for: ↑coalescency), ↑coalesce (for: ↑coalescency), ↑coalescent (for: ↑coalescence), ↑coalesce (for: ↑coalescence)
• Hypernyms: ↑union, ↑unification, ↑uniting, ↑conjugation, ↑jointure
Useful english dictionary. 2012.