| agglutinate | (v) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
| agglutinate | (v) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. |
| agglutinate | (adj) united as if by glue, Syn. agglutinative |
| agglutination | (n) a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) |
| agglutination | (n) the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining |
| agglutination | (n) the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated, Syn. agglutinating activity |
| agglutination test | (n) a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections |
| agglutinative | (adj) forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning, Syn. polysynthetic |
| Agglutinate | a. |
| Agglutinate | v. t. |
| Agglutination | n. [ Cf. F. agglutination. ] |
| Agglutinative | a. [ Cf. F. agglutinatif. ] In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ] Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ] Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ] |