fix
— Verb
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～ kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
fix
— Verb
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～ make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
fix
— Verb
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～ set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
fix
— Verb
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～ take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
fix
— Noun
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～ the act of putting something in working order again
fix
— Noun
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～ something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
fix
— Noun
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～ an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
fix
— Noun
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～ informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
fix
— Noun
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～ a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target"
fixate
— Verb
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～ become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
fixate
— Verb
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～ pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
fixate
— Verb
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～ attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
fixate
— Verb
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～ make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
fixation
— Noun
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～ the activity of fastening something firmly in position
fixation
— Noun
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～ an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
fixation
— Noun
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～ (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
— Noun
– English
～ an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
fixative
— Noun
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～ a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
fixative
— Noun
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～ a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
fixed
— Adjective
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～ (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value