agglutination
[ uh-gloot-n-ey-shuh n ]
/ əˌglut nˈeɪ ʃən /
noun
the act or process of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance.
the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
that which is united; a mass or group cemented together.
Immunology.
the clumping of bacteria, red blood cells, or other cells, due to the introduction of an antibody.
Linguistics.
a process of word formation in which morphemes, each having one relatively constant shape, are combined without fusion or morphophonemic change, and in which each grammatical category is typically represented by a single morpheme in the resulting word, especially such a process involving the addition of one or more affixes to a base, as in Turkish, in which ev means “house,” ev-den means “from a house,” and ev-ler-den means “from houses.”
Origin of agglutination
First recorded in 1535–45;
agglutinate +
-ion
OTHER WORDS FROM agglutination
an·ti·ag·glu·ti·na·tion, adjective in·ter·ag·glu·ti·na·tion, nounWords nearby agglutination
aggiornamento,
agglomerate,
agglomeration,
agglutinant,
agglutinate,
agglutination,
agglutination test,
agglutinative,
agglutinin,
agglutinogen,
agglutinophilic
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British Dictionary definitions for agglutination
agglutination
/ (əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən) /
noun
Medical definitions for agglutination
agglutination
[ ə-glōōt′n-ā′shən ]
n.
The act or process of agglutinating.
The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
A clumped mass of material formed by agglutination.
agglutinate
Adhesion of wound surfaces in healing.
Scientific definitions for agglutination
agglutination
[ ə-glōōt′n-ā′shən ]
The clumping together of biologic material, such as red blood cells or bacteria, that is suspended in liquid, usually in response to a particular antibody.