Synonyms:
fixation, fixing
Meaning: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
Synonyms:
fixation
Meaning: the activity of fastening something firmly in position
Synonyms:
obsession, fixation
Meaning: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
Synonyms:
arrested_development, fixation, infantile_fixation, regression
Meaning: an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely