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- 1. firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass: "this secretion may form crusts agglutinating the eyelids"
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AGGLUTINATE definition: 1. to stick together or cause things to stick together: 2. (of words or parts of words) to combine…. Learn more.
The meaning of AGGLUTINATE is to cause to adhere : fasten. to cause to adhere : fasten; to combine into a compound : attach to a base as an affix; to cause to undergo agglutination… See the full definition
Agglutinate definition: to unite or cause to adhere, as with glue.. See examples of AGGLUTINATE used in a sentence.
When things get stuck or clumped together, they agglutinate. In biology, red blood cells are said to agglutinate when they adhere to each other, forming a mass of cells.
: a reaction in which particles (such as red blood cells or bacteria) suspended in a liquid collect into clumps and which occurs especially as a serologic response to a specific antibody. Examples of agglutination in a Sentence.
1. to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue. 2. (Linguistics) linguistics to combine or be combined by agglutination. 3. (Physiology) ( tr) to cause (bacteria, red blood cells, etc) to clump together. adj. united or stuck, as by glue. [C16: from Latin agglūtināre to glue to, from gluten glue] agˌglutinaˈbility n. agˈglutinable adj.
See synonyms for agglutinate on Thesaurus.com verb (used with or without object), ag·glu·ti·nat·ed, ag·glu·ti·nat·ing. to unite or cause to adhere, as with glue.
A complete guide to the word "AGGLUTINATE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
1. to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue. [...] 2. linguistics. to combine or be combined by agglutination. [...] 3. to cause (bacteria, red blood cells, etc) to clump together. [...] 4. united or stuck, as by glue. [...] More. Conjugations of 'agglutinate' present simple: I agglutinate, you agglutinate [...]
1. to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue. 2. linguistics. to combine or be combined by agglutination. 3. (transitive) to cause ( bacteria, red blood cells, etc) to clump together. adjective (əˈɡluːtɪnɪt , -ˌneɪt ) 4. united or stuck, as by glue. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms.
