agglutinate

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ag·glu·ti·nate / əˈgloōtnˌāt/ • v. firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass. ∎  Biol. (with reference to bacteria or red blood cells) clump together: [tr.] these strains agglutinate human red cells| [intr.] cell fragments agglutinate and form intricate meshes. ∎  [tr.] Linguistics combine (simple words or parts of words) without change of form to express compound ideas.DERIVATIVES: ag·glu·ti·na·tion / əˌgloōtnˈāshən/ n.

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