agglutination
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.”
Origin of agglutination
1Other words from agglutination
- an·ti·ag·glu·ti·na·tion, adjective
- in·ter·ag·glu·ti·na·tion, noun
Words Nearby agglutination
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How to use agglutination in a sentence
As yet, it is the only agglutination reaction which has any practical value for the practitioner.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddTest the vibrio isolated against the serum of an animal immunised to the Vibrio choleræ for agglutination.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry EyreThe melting, agglutination, and refining of the metal to fit it for the heavy hammers where it gets nerve.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe operations of roasting, reduction, fusion, and agglutination are executed in the same furnace.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe serum of certain humans may cause the destruction or agglutination of blood corpuscles of certain other humans.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques Loeb
British Dictionary definitions for 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
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Scientific definitions for agglutination
[ ə-glōōt′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.
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