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conglobation

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con⋅glo⋅bate

  [kon-gloh-beyt, kong-, kong-gloh-beyt] adjective, verb, -bat⋅ed, -bat⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. formed into a ball.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to collect or form into a ball or rounded mass.
Origin:
1625–35; < L conglobātus, ptp. of conglobāre. See conglobe, -ate 1

Related forms:
con⋅glo⋅bate⋅ly, adverb
con⋅glo⋅ba⋅tion, noun
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con·glo·bate   (kŏn-glō'bāt', kŏng'glō-)   
tr.v.   con·glo·bat·ed, con·glo·bat·ing, con·glo·bates
To form into a globe or ball.

[Latin conglobāre, conglobāt- : com-, com- + globus, ball.]
con·glo'bate adj., con'glo·ba'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: con·glo·bate
Pronunciation: kän-'glO-"bAt, k&n-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -bat·ed;-bat·ing
: to form into a round compact mass —con·glo·bate /-b&t, -"bAt/ adjective —con·glo·ba·tion /"kän-(")glO-'bA-sh&n/ noun
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conglobate con·glo·bate (kŏn-glō'bāt', kŏng'glō-)
adj.
Formed into a single, rounded mass.

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