Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 18 compound words that contain fixation. The most common are listed below. Open fixation in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- nitrogen fixationThe conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and organic derivatives, by natural means, especially such conversion, by microorganisms in the soil, into a form that can be assimilated by plants.
- carbon fixationany process, such as photosynthesis, whereby atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds
- session fixationAn exploit where the attacker sets or finds out the victim's session identifier.
- stable fixationThe act of securely holding broken bones in correct alignment using casts, braces, plates, screws, or rods, allowing them to heal without movement.
Compound words 18
- prefixationThe adding of a prefix to a word.
- hyperfixationA complete obsession or absorption in a subject or hobby to a point where a person appears to completely tune out their surroundings and where the person repeatedly returns to said subject or material.
- fixationalRelating to fixation.
- interfixationThe act or process of interfixing.
- cryofixationThe freezing of a specimen, typically by immersion in liquid nitrogen, in order to fix it
- immunofixationAn enhancement to electrophoresis in which the separated materials are identified by immunoprecipitation
- laterofixationlateral fixation (of a body part)
- malfixationIncorrect fixation (typically, in the wrong place)
- nonfixationAn absence of fixation
- osteofixationThe fixation of broken bones by means of metal plates and screws