The state of growing together or being naturally joined from growth; congenital union of normally separate parts.
From Latin adnatio (growing together), from adnatus (born together). This noun form became standard in botanical and anatomical terminology in English.
Adnation is the noun form that describes the actual condition—if two parts are adnate, the phenomenon is called adnation, showing the precision of scientific terminology.
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