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