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Agglutination

Agglutination Meaning & Definition
Agglutination Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Agglutination?

[n] the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
[n] a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
[n] the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

Synonyms | Synonyms for Agglutination: agglutinating activity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Agglutination: accession | accretion | addition | adherence | adhesion | adjunct | adjunction | affixation | agglomeration | aggregation | annexation | articulation | attachment | augmentation | bond | bracketing | cling | clinging | clotting | clumping | clustering | coagulation | coherence | cohesion | cohesiveness | combination | communication | compaction | compression | concatenation | concentration | concourse | concretion | concurrence | condensation | confluence | congealment | congelation | congeries | conglobation | conglomeration | conjugation | conjunction | connection | consolidation | convergence | copulation | coupling | densification | gathering | hardening | hookup | increase | inseparability | intercommunication | intercourse | interlinking | joinder | joining | jointure | junction | juxtaposition | knotting | liaison | linkage | linking | marriage | meeting | merger | merging | pairing | prefixation | reinforcement | set | solidification | splice | sticking | suffixation | superaddition | superfetation | superjunction | superposition | supplementation | symbiosis | tie | tie-in | tie-up | unification | union | uniting | yoking

See Also | biological process | chemical action | chemical change | chemical process | haemagglutination | hemagglutination | isoagglutination | linguistic process | organic process

Agglutination In Webster's Dictionary

\Ag*glu`ti*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. agglutination.] 1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. 2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See {Agglutinative}, 2.

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