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conglutination en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French con-bor. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con-bor. Middle English con- English con- English glutination English conglutination From con- + glutination.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An adhesion, or gluing together.
   • In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped, the men that were not men's, that were not women's men. And Mrs. Gorman was doubtless the theatre of a similar conglutination. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
   • The cause is a temperate conglutination; for both bodies are clammy and viscous, and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts, without penning them in too much 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.

Forms

Translations (5)

fr conglutination (chemical agglutination) · io kunglutinado (chemical agglutination) · it conglutinazione (chemical agglutination) · io kunglutino (chemical agglutination) · ca conglutinació (chemical agglutination)