agglutination

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: {agglutination}, {agglutinating activity}]
    

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.
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   2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with
      little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See
      {Agglutinative}, 2.
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91 Moby Thesaurus words for "agglutination":
      accession, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjunct,
      adjunction, affixation, agglomeration, aggregation, annexation,
      articulation, attachment, augmentation, bond, bracketing, cling,
      clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coagulation, coherence,
      cohesion, cohesiveness, combination, communication, compaction,
      compression, concatenation, concentration, concourse, concretion,
      concurrence, condensation, confluence, congealment, congelation,
      congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction,
      connection, consolidation, convergence, copulation, coupling,
      densification, gathering, hardening, hookup, increase,
      inseparability, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking,
      joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juxtaposition, knotting,
      liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging,
      pairing, prefixation, reinforcement, set, solidification, splice,
      sticking, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction,
      superposition, supplementation, symbiosis, tie, tie-in, tie-up,
      unification, union, uniting, yoking