agglutination
/əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
agglutination noun: the act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Noun
agglutination (countable and uncountable, plural 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.1966, Karina Dzintars Burda, A Study of Heat-labile Superficial Somatic Antigen of Vibrio Fetus, page 41
agglutination meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Malay
agglutination in Tamil
- சிறிய அணுக்களின் திரள்வு, ஒட்டுதல், ஒட்டிய திரட்சி, திரட்சி, திரட்டல், திரட்டு
agglutination in Kannada
- ಅಂಟಣೆ, ಅಂಟಿಕೆ, ಹತ್ತಿಕೆ
agglutination in Malay
- clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria
- pengaglutinan
More languagesFewer languages
- agglutination in Indonesian
- aglutinasi
Forms of agglutination
| plural | agglutinations |
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Origin of agglutination
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”).
Words formed from agglutination
Words that rhyme with agglutination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about agglutination
- What does agglutination mean?
- Agglutination means the act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
- What is agglutination in Tamil?
- Agglutination in Tamil is சிறிய அணுக்களின் திரள்வு, ஒட்டுதல், ஒட்டிய திரட்சி. See Agglutination meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is agglutination?
- Agglutination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce agglutination?
- Agglutination is pronounced /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of agglutination?
- The plural of agglutination is agglutinations.
Words near agglutination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: agglutination (page history and authors); agglutination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agglutination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agglutination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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