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adherephile

A person who loves to touch sticky objects, especially adhesive tape
My friends loves to roll tape over his hand because he’s an adherephile.
by Focus/Melancholy May 22, 2018
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Ahere

A word Jordan made up, Ahere: short for "I hear".
Cindy: "Ahere, Jordan has a date for prom".
Jirdan: "Yeah, I do actually".
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Abheree

a genuine, kind girl - is a pretty good person to be best friends with. she never proves you wrong, and always trusts you on her secrets. a girl who's fun to talk to , may be obsessed with someone and only keeps talking about them - but she will make you feel like home.
"She's such an Abheree!"
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Abhere

(v) To bond or stick with the internal matrix or structure of a material, a substance, or an object, not just the surface, unlike adhere.
Tree roots abhere to the soil, strongly anchoring the tree upright against the harsh environment.
A nail abheres two or more pieces of planks together.
The construction crews abhere piles into the earth to create a stable foundation for a building on top of it.
I use a screwdriver to abhere a screw into the wall.
by A folk somewhere on Earth. January 5, 2025
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Affered

When you accidentally kill your whole team because you are old and can't see very well
Did you see joe affered his whole team
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Patient adherence

Unintentional

Difficulty with label
Incorrect prescription
Forgetting
Feeling better

Peer pressure
Confusing instructions
Unaware of consequences
Complicated regimen

Intentional
religious beliefs
Taste of medication
Prefer other medicine

Don’t trust it
Careless

Side effects
Internet or claims from other people

You can improve a patient’s adherence by simplifying regimen characteristics which will make sure that it isn’t overly complicated and the patient won’t stop taking the medication because it’s instructions are confusing to them.

Imparting knowledge to the patient will allow the patient to understand and be aware of the consequences and might make them trust it more.

Modifying patient beliefs will target specific intentional reasons why the patient stops taking medication and provide the patient with a medication that tailors the unique needs for them..

Patient communication involves the patient's family and includes them for social support and understanding like helping younger or elderly patients take their medications in case they cannot do it by themselves.

You can help the patient to trust the medication more by changing the education and information to the patients level of understanding
Patient adherence is preventing the patient from taking their medication.
by Nairobi1994 November 2, 2020
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