agglutination
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agglutination
- /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16th century, from French agglutination. The linguistic sense derived from this usage during the early 19th century. The sense of gluing or cementing objects together in other contexts is from New Latin agglutinatio, from Latin agglūtinō (“glue; fasten to”) + -iō (a suffix used to form nouns). Compare Spanish aglutinación (“uniting; (linguistic) agglutination”), French agglutiner (“to paste together”, verb), and German Agglutination (“(linguistic) agglutination”) and Agglutinierung (“(biological) adhering, clumping”).
noun agglutinations
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
- Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
- The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody. It may resemble the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens.
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noun act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance
| Español | aglutinación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 粘合 zhānhé, 黏合 niánhé |
| Português | aglutinação |
| Français | agglutination |
| Deutsch | Agglutination |
| Română | aglutinare |
| Русский | агглютина́ция aggljutinácija, скле́ивание skléivanije |
noun combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning
| Español | aglutinación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교착 gyochak |
| 日本語 | 膠着 kōchaku |
| 中文 | 粘著, 粘着 niánzhuó |
| Português | aglutinação |
| Français | agglutination |
| Română | aglutinare |
| Русский | агглютина́ция aggljutinácija |
noun clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria
| Español | aglutinación |
|---|---|
| Português | aglutinação |
| Română | aglutinare |
| Русский | агглютина́ция aggljutinácija |
Talk about this word "agglutination." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/agglutination. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. agglutination. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/agglutination "agglutination." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/agglutination.Cite this
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title = {agglutination},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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