Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Agglutination"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agglutination \Ag*glu`ti*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. agglutination.]
1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance;
the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with
little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See
{Agglutinative}, 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
agglutination
n 1: a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by
antibodies (agglutinins)
2: the building of words from component morphemes that retain
their form and meaning in the process of combining
3: the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in
solution; these larger masses are then (usually)
precipitated [syn: {agglutinating activity}]
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