| fixate | (verb) become fixed (on) | Synonyms: settle on |
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| (verb) make fixed, stable or stationary | Synonyms: fix |
| (verb) pay attention to exclusively and obsessively | - |
| (verb) attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way | - |
| fixation | (noun) (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: fixing |
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| (noun) the activity of fastening something firmly in position | - |
| (noun) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | Synonyms: arrested development, infantile fixation, regression |
| fixative | (noun) a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging | - |
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| (noun) a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study | - |