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Definition of agglutination

the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

Similar Words: agglutinating activity

Hyponyms: isoagglutination, hemagglutination, haemagglutination

Derivational Morphology: agglutinate

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