agglutination
Particles sticking together
Agglutination is the clumping together of particles or cells.
In medicine, it describes red blood cells or bacteria sticking together, often as an immune response: The blood test showed agglutination, indicating incompatible types.
In linguistics, agglutination refers to languages that build words by stringing together distinct units of meaning—Turkish and Finnish are agglutinative languages.
The underlying sense is things adhering into a mass.
Forming into lumps
- stickingHolding fast to
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- aggregationCombined collection of items
coalescence · mass · conglomeration · bonding · accumulation · fusion · adhesion · joining
Forming into lumps
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- cellsBasic biological units
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
precipitation · flocculation · suspension · microscopy · diagnosis · pathogens · serum · reaction
Smallest meaningful language unit
- affixWord-part modifier
- suffixWord-ending addition
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- inflectionWord form alteration
conjugation · declension · morphology · agglutinative · synthetic · Turkish · Finnish · Swahili
Proteins targeting pathogens
- antigensImmunity-triggering foreign substances
- crossmatchBlood compatibility verification
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- hematologyScience of blood disorders
serology · erythrocytes · typing · Rh factor · compatibility · clumping · immunology · plasma
clumping
Forming into lumps
- stickingHolding fast to
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
aggregation · coalescence · mass · conglomeration · bonding · accumulation · fusion · adhesion · joining · binding
clumping
Forming into lumps
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- cellsBasic biological units
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
latex · precipitation · flocculation · suspension · microscopy · diagnosis · pathogens · serum · reaction · test tube
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
inflection · conjugation · declension · morphology · agglutinative · synthetic · Turkish · Finnish · Swahili · Japanese
antibodies
Proteins targeting pathogens
- antigensImmunity-triggering foreign substances
- crossmatchBlood compatibility verification
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
hematology · serology · erythrocytes · typing · Rh factor · compatibility · clumping · immunology · plasma · blood bank
- Hungariangoulash, paprika, Budapest, Magyar, puszta
- diagnosticsCT scan, rapid test, blood test, physical exam, antigen test
- Finnish languageconsonant gradation
- Hungarian grammarverb conjugation, suffixes, postpositions, verb forms, prefixes
- Immune Responsesantibody response, antibody, immunoglobulin, antigen, active immunity
- Korean linguisticswriting system, alphabet, consonants, vowels, syllables
agglutinationseparation
State of being apart
dispersal · dissociation · disaggregation · dissolution · dispersion