agglutination

Noun

Meaning

The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

agglutinating activity union marriage confluence meeting combination connection joining tie conjunction merger unification convergence accession junction
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Antonyms

fork division malice separation divorce partition
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Hypernyms

chemical change biological process organic process chemical action chemical process linguistic process

Hyponyms

haemagglutination hemagglutination isoagglutination

Related terms

agglutinate agglutinative agglutinant

Examples

Possible class effects of antibodies include: Opsonisation, agglutination, haemolysis, complement activation, mast cell degranulation, and neutralisation (though this class effect may be mediated by the Fab region rather than the Fc region). Source: Internet

Persian frequently uses derivational agglutination to form new words from nouns, adjectives, and verbal stems. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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