agglutination

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
noun the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
noun the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

They felt that their community was not a mere agglutination but a creation, having upon it the living touch of the infinite Person. — Creative Unity, Rabindranath Tagore
They were normally shapeless entities composed of a viscous jelly which looked like an agglutination of bubbles, and each averaged about fifteen feet in diameter when a sphere. — At the mountains of madness, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

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