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