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agglutination

[ uh-gloot-n-ey-shuhn ]

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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.”

agglutination

/ əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən /

the act or process of agglutinating
the condition of being agglutinated; adhesion
a united mass or group of parts
chem the formation of clumps of particles in a suspension
biochem proteinaceous particles, such as blood cells and bacteria, that form clumps in antibody–antigen reactions
immunol the formation of a mass of particles, such as erythrocytes, by the action of antibodies
linguistics the building up of words from component morphemes in such a way that these undergo little or no change of form or meaning in the process of combination

agglutination

/ ə-glo̅o̅t′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.

First recorded in 1535–45; agglutinate + -ion

As yet, it is the only agglutination reaction which has any practical value for the practitioner.

Test the vibrio isolated against the serum of an animal immunised to the Vibrio choleræ for agglutination.

The melting, agglutination, and refining of the metal to fit it for the heavy hammers where it gets nerve.

The operations of roasting, reduction, fusion, and agglutination are executed in the same furnace.

The serum of certain humans may cause the destruction or agglutination of blood corpuscles of certain other humans.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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