AGGLUTINATION Definition & Meaning

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agglutination

[uh-gloot-n-ey-shuhn]

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noun

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.”

agglutination

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noun

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

agglutination

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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Other 51�Թ� Forms

antiagglutination adjective
interagglutination noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of agglutination¹

First recorded in 1535–45; agglutinate + -ion

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By 1989, The Times reported, Davis had “reshaped Gulf & Western from a ragtag agglutination of about 100 businesses to a thriving corporation focused in entertainment, publishing and finance.”

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Landsteiner inferred that there must be different types of blood, and that they could be classified based on these observed agglutinations.

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Otherwise, like me, you might find yourself marveling at her mastery of language but distracted by wondering how she landed on words like “agglutination” or phrases such as “omniscient homunculus.”

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In the 1800s, doctors knew that transfusing blood between individuals could cause red blood cells to clump — a phenomenon called agglutination.

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One example is the way Finnish uses agglutination, or builds complex words out of multiple smaller words or parts of words.

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agglutinate agglutinative

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