hemagglutination he·mag·glu·ti·na·tion (hē'mə-gl&oomacr;t'n-ā'shən)
n.
The agglutination of red blood cells caused by an antibody either for red blood cell antigens or for antigens that coat red blood cells or by the presence of viruses or other microbes.
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |