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conglutination

conglutination noun: an adhesion, or gluing together.

Noun

conglutination (countable and uncountable, plural conglutinations)

  1. An adhesion, or gluing together.
    • The cause is a temperate conglutination; for both bodies are clammy and viscous, and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts, without penning them in too much1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...
    • In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped, the men that were not men's, that were not women's men. And Mrs. Gorman was doubtless the theatre of a similar conglutination.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
  2. The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.

Forms of conglutination

pluralconglutinations

Origin of conglutination

From con- + glutination.

Questions about conglutination

What does conglutination mean?
Conglutination means an adhesion, or gluing together.
What part of speech is conglutination?
Conglutination is a noun.
What is the plural of conglutination?
The plural of conglutination is conglutinations.

Words near conglutination in the dictionary

  1. conglutinant
  2. conglutinate
  3. conglutinated
  4. conglutinates
  5. conglutinating
  6. conglutination
  7. conglutinations
  8. conglutinative
  9. conglutinator
  10. conglutinators
  11. conglutinin

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