All articles A–Z
519,064 articles
Adhesiolysis
Adhesiolysis is a surgical operation that cuts adhesions, the fibrous scar bands binding abdominal or pelvic organs after surgery or inflammation, chiefly to treat adhesive small bowel obstruction.
Adhesion
Adhesion, also known as adhesive force, is the physico-chemical process by which two surfaces bind so that separating them requires work, arising from mechanisms such as wetting, mechanical interlocking, and van der Waals forces.
Adhesive
An adhesive is a non-metallic substance that joins materials by surface adhesion and internal cohesion, transmitting loads without fasteners; types include thermosetting, thermoplastic, and elastomeric adhesives.
Adhesive bandage
Adhesive bandage (sticking plaster; BAND-AID brand): a small sterile dressing of adhesive-coated strip with absorbent pad for minor wounds, invented 1921 by Earle Dickson at Johnson & Johnson; over 100 billion made.
Adhesive bonding
Adhesive bonding is a joining method in which a nonmetallic adhesive layer attaches materials by surface adhesion and internal cohesion, transferring load continuously without holes or local heating.
Adhesive bonding of composites
Adhesive bonding of composites is the joining of fiber-reinforced polymer parts to each other or to metals with a polymeric adhesive rather than mechanical fasteners, standard in aerospace for primary structure and repair.
Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder
Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), coined by Neviaser in 1945, is painful stiffening of the shoulder capsule affecting 2–5% of people, staged freezing, frozen, thawing, treated with PT, steroid injection, hydrodilatation, MUA, or arthroscopic release.
Adhesive middle ear disease
Adhesive middle ear disease (adhesive otitis media, ICD-11 AB17, ICD-10 H74.1) is chronic fibrosis and adhesion in the tympanic cavity limiting eardrum and ossicle mobility, causing conductive hearing loss after otitis media; distinct from glue ear.
Adhesive thread sealing
Adhesive thread sealing uses a liquid anaerobic adhesive, typically methacrylate resin, to seal metal pipe threads against leaks while locking the connection against vibration loosening.
Adhesive wear
Adhesive wear is a wear mechanism in which material transfers between sliding surfaces when microscopic junctions shear, one of the two most common wear types alongside abrasive wear.
Adhi Oil and Gas Field
The Adhi Oil and Gas Field is a producing oil and gas-condensate field in Punjab, Pakistan, about 70 km south of Islamabad, operated by Pakistan Petroleum Limited.
Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi
Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi is an Indian politician from Manipur who, as of 2026, sits in the Rajya Sabha and leads the BJP's Manipur unit as its first woman president.
Adhir Kalyan
Adhir Kalyan (born 1983, Durban) is a South African actor of Indian descent known as Raja in Aliens in America, Timmy in Rules of Engagement, and Al in United States of Al, after early work in South African theatre and British television.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (অধীর রঞ্জন চৌধুরী)
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (অধীর রঞ্জন চৌধুরী), born 1956, is an Indian National Congress leader from Murshidabad, West Bengal: five-time Baharampur MP 1999–2019, Minister of State for Railways 2012–2014, Bengal Congress chief, and Congress leader in the 17th Lok Sabha, defeated in 2024 by Yusuf Pathan.
Adhishthana-adhikarana
The adhishthana-adhikarana (अधिष्ठानाधिकरण) was the district administrative office of Gupta India, headed by the vishayapati and known chiefly from the Damodarpur copperplates of Bengal, which record its handling of land sales.
AdHoc Studio
AdHoc Studio, founded 2018 by four ex-Telltale developers including Pierre Shorette, is a remote-first independent narrative game studio. Its debut Dispatch (October 2025) sold millions, won BAFTAs, and it wrote The Wolf Among Us 2's script.
Adhuna Bhabani
Adhuna Bhabani (also Adhuna Bhabani-Akhtar) is a UK-born celebrity hairstylist and entrepreneur who co-founded the Juice and BBlunt salons in Mumbai and revolutionized Bollywood hair styling, notably on Dil Chahta Hai (2001). BBlunt products launched with Godrej in 2014 and the brand was acquired by Honasa Consumer in 2022; she later co-founded Gutsy Greek Yoghurt.
Adhura
Adhura (अधूरा) is Prime Video's first Hindi horror series, a 2023 seven-episode supernatural thriller by Ananya Banerjee and Gauravv K Chawla, set at a haunted Ooty boarding school during a 15-year reunion, starring Ishwak Singh, Rasika Dugal, and Shrenik Arora.
Adhurs (అదుర్స్)
Adhurs (అదుర్స్) is a 2010 Telugu action comedy directed by V. V. Vinayak, starring Jr NTR in a dual role with Nayanthara and Sheela; a Sankranti hit that earned ₹28–30 crore share and drew a Brahmin-portrayal controversy.
Adhyatma Ramayanam
Adhyatma Ramayanam, also called Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu (അദ്ധ്യാത്മരാമായണം), is a foundational Malayalam classic by Thunchath Ezhuthachan, retelling Rama's story in the kilippattu verse form and still recited across Kerala during the month of Karkidakam.
Adhyayan Suman
Adhyayan Suman (born 1988, Mumbai), son of Shekhar Suman, is an Indian actor, singer, and director known for Raaz 2, Aashram, Heeramandi, and his directorial debut Main Na Raha Mera.
Adi Charit
Adi Charit (আদি চৰিত) is an Assamese book attributed to the saint-poet Madhavadeva that presents an early history of Lakhimpur in upper Assam, first published in 1910.
Adi Davierwalla
Adi Davierwalla, full name Ardeshir M. Davierwalla (1922–1975), was an Indian modernist sculptor who left pharmaceutical chemistry to create abstract, machine-inspired forms from welded metal and industrial scrap.
Adi Eisenberg
Adi Eisenberg (1935–2022) was a physical polymer chemist at McGill University who pioneered the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers, including crew-cut micelles and polymer vesicles, and earlier helped establish the science of ionomers.
Adi F. Gazdar
Adi F. Gazdar was an Indian-born physician-scientist and lung cancer pathologist at the NCI and UT Southwestern who established about 400 human cancer cell lines.
Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej is an Indian industrialist who led the Godrej Group, founded in 1897, for nearly six decades before its 2024 division into two family-controlled groups.
Adi Hütter
Adi Hütter (Adolf Hütter, born 1970, Hohenems) is an Austrian football manager, twice Eintracht Frankfurt head coach (2018-2021, from 2026), formerly RB Salzburg, Young Boys, Gladbach, and AS Monaco.
Adi ibn Hatim
Adi ibn Hatim (عدي بن حاتم) was a Christian chief of the Arab tribe of Tayy who became a companion of Muhammad and transmitted 66 hadith.
Adi ibn Zayd
Adi ibn Zayd (عدي بن زيد) was an Arab poet, scribe, and translator at the Sasanian court who helped install al-Nu'man III as king of al-Hira and died in prison around 600 CE.
Adi Irani
Adi Irani (आदि ईरानी), born 1955 in Mumbai, is an Indian character actor of Hindi films and TV, brother of Aruna Irani and Indra Kumar, known for Baazigar, Dil, Beta, Welcome, and A Thursday; distinct from cinematographer Adi M. Irani.