agglutination

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

agglutination (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinations)

  1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
  2. (linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
  3. The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.

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Danish

Noun

agglutination c (singular definite agglutinationen, plural indefinite agglutinationer)

  1. agglutination

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

agglutination f (plural agglutinations)

  1. agglutination
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