Dictionary

agglutination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree French agglutinationbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō New Latin agglutinatioder. English agglutination Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16th century, from French agglutination. The linguistic sense derived from this usage during the early 19th century. The sense of gluing or cementing objects together in other contexts is from New Latin agglutinatio, from Latin agglūtinō (“glue; fasten to”) + -iō (a suffix used to form nouns). Compare Spanish aglutinación (“uniting; (linguistic) agglutination”), French agglutiner (“to paste together”, verb), and German Agglutination (“(linguistic) agglutination”) and Agglutinierung (“(biological) adhering, clumping”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
2. (countable, uncountable) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
3. (countable, uncountable) The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
   • It may resemble the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens. 1966, Karina Dzintars Burda, A Study of Heat-labile Superficial Somatic Antigen of Vibrio Fetus, page 41:

Forms

Deriveds

macroagglutination · seroagglutination · leucoagglutination · erythroagglutination · polyagglutination · microagglutination · autoagglutination · immunoagglutination · leukoagglutination · coagglutination · haemagglutination · hemagglutination

Relateds

agglutinate · agglutinant · agglutinative

Translations (42)

pt aglutinação (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · de Agglutination (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ru скле́ивание (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ru агглютина́ция (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · ms pengaglutinan (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · pl aglutynacja (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · ru агглютина́ция (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · cmn 黏合 (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ro aglutinare (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · bg слепване (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ro aglutinare (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · fr agglutination (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · ca aglutinació (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · cmn 粘着 (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · fi agglutinaatio (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · fi liimautuminen (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · fi agglutinaatio (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · pt aglutinação (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · fr agglutination (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · kk жалғамалылық (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · mhr агглютинаций (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · cmn 粘合 (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ko 교착 (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · ro aglutinare (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · sh aglutinacija (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · fi liimaus (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ru агглютина́ция (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · ja 膠着 (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · es aglutinación (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · hu agglutinálás (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · es aglutinación (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · pl aglutynacja (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · id aglutinasi (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · sh aglutinacija (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · hu agglutináció (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · sh aglutinacija (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · mhr агглютинаций (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · kk агглютинация (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria) · cmn 粘著 (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · es aglutinación (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning) · hu ragasztás (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) · pt aglutinação (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance)