fixing

(n) the act of putting something in working order again repair, mend, mending, fix, reparation, fixture,
(n) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place fastening, holdfast, fastener,
(n) the sterilization of an animal
- they took him to the vet for neutering
altering, neutering,
(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 fixation,

repair mend mending fix reparation fixture fastening holdfast fastener altering neutering fixation

fixity

fixing agent fixings