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conglutination

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ glutination.

Noun

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conglutination (countable and uncountable, plural conglutinations)

  1. An adhesion, or gluing together.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      The cause is a temperate conglutination; for both bodies are clammy and viscous, and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts, without penning them in too much
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped, the men that were not men's, that were not women's men. And Mrs. Gorman was doubtless the theatre of a similar conglutination.
  2. The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.

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Noun

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conglutination f (plural conglutinations)

  1. conglutination

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