conglutination
English
Etymology
con- + glutination
Noun
conglutination (countable and uncountable, plural conglutinations)
- An adhesion, or gluing together.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “7. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- 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, Olympia Press:
- 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.
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- The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.
French
Noun
conglutination f (plural conglutinations)
- conglutination
Further reading
- “conglutination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.