1. Opération de chimie par laquelle un corps volatile ou facile ŕ dissiper, est rendu fixe.
2. Opération par laquelle un objet est attaché ou fixé ŕ sa place.
3. (Psychanalyse) Attachement persistant ; obsession ; hantise.
ETYM Cf. French fixation.
Psychology, establishment in childhood of mental attitude which persists through life; popularly, obsession, established habit.
(Histology) The preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; SYN. fixing.