Look up fixation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fixation may refer to: Carbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis,...

Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen (N 2) is converted into ammonia (NH 3). It occurs both biologically and abiologically...

Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard)...

Oral fixation may refer to: In psychology: Oral stage, a term used by Sigmund Freud to describe the child's development during the first 18 months of life...

Internal fixation is an operation in orthopedics that involves the surgical implementation of implants for the purpose of repairing a bone, a concept that...

In the fields of histology, pathology, and cell biology, fixation is the preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction...

In alchemy, fixation is a process by which a previously volatile substance is "transformed" into a form (often solid) that is not affected by fire. It...

Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (Spanish: Fijación Oral, Vol. 2, Spanish: [fi.xaˌsjõn oˌɾal β̞oˌlu.mẽn̪ ˈd̪os]) is the seventh studio album and second English-language...

Fixation disparity is a tendency of the eyes to drift in the direction of the heterophoria. While the heterophoria refers to a fusion-free vergence state...

The fixation index (FST) is a measure of population differentiation due to genetic structure. It is frequently estimated from genetic polymorphism data...

Fixation in orthopedics is the process by which an injury is rendered immobile. This may be accomplished by internal fixation, using intramedullary rod...

Fixation on a Co-Worker is the only studio album by American metalcore band Deadguy, which was released on November 20, 1995 through Victory Records. The...

External fixation is a surgical treatment wherein Kirschner pins and wires are inserted and affixed into bone and then exit the body to be attached to...

Fixation (German: Fixierung) is a concept (in human psychology) that was originated by Sigmund Freud (1905) to denote the persistence of anachronistic...

Biological carbon fixation, or сarbon assimilation, is the process by which living organisms convert inorganic carbon (particularly carbon dioxide) to...

In population genetics, fixation is the change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) in...

Fixation or visual fixation is the maintaining of the gaze on a single location. An animal can exhibit visual fixation if it possess a fovea in the anatomy...

fixed: all future generations are entirely blue. In small populations, fixation can occur in just a few generations. The mechanisms of genetic drift can...

applicable. Early models were sutured to the iris with a stitch; the claw fixation method made iris stitching unnecessary. The iris-claw lens is fixated to...

In computer network security, session fixation attacks attempt to exploit the vulnerability of a system that allows one person to fixate (find or set)...

Soil fixation may refer to: measures of erosion control soil stabilization in landscaping This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

of mind believed to be firmly resistant to any attempt to modify it, a fixation. The name originates from the French idée [i.de], "idea" and fixe [fiks]...

Vertebral fixation (also known as "spinal fixation") is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which two or more vertebrae are anchored to each other through...

A latex fixation test, also called a latex agglutination assay or test (LA assay or test), is an assay used clinically in the identification and typing...

Metric fixation refers to a tendency for decision-makers to place excessively large emphases on selected metrics. In management (and many other social...

Oral Fixation Tour (known as Tour Fijación Oral in hispanophone countries) was the fourth concert tour by Colombian singer Shakira. It was launched in...

Oral Fixation Tour is the third live album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on 12 November 2007, by Epic Records. It was recorded during...

C4 carbon fixation or the Hatch–Slack pathway is one of three known photosynthetic processes of carbon fixation in plants. It owes the names to the 1960s...

The complement fixation test is an immunological medical test that can be used to detect the presence of either specific antibody or specific antigen in...

stage of psychosexual development is pleasure in the retention of feces. Fixation in this stage can potentially result in a personality marked by frugality...