agglutination
/əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.89 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
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”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: agglutination, agglutinatio, agglūtinō