fixing has definitions from the fields of histology,medicine,surgery
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[ noun ] the act of putting something in working order again

Used in print

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

There were three major administrative tasks : the fixing of electoral districts , the registration of voters and the registration of candidates .

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[ noun ] (medicine,surgery) the sterilization of an animal

Synonyms

altering neutering

Examples

"they took him to the vet for neutering"

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[ noun ] (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

Synonyms

fixation

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