— agglutinability /euh glooht'n euh bil"i tee/ , n. — agglutinable , adj.
v. /euh glooht"n ayt'/ ; adj. /euh glooht"n it, -ayt'/ , v. , agglutinated, agglutinating , adj.
v.t. , v.i.
1. to unite or cause to adhere, as with glue.
2. Immunol. to clump or cause to clump, as bacteria or blood platelets.
3. Ling. to form by agglutination.
adj.
4. united by or as by glue.
5. agglutinative.
[ 1535-45; agglutinatus (ptp. of agglutinare ), equiv. to ag- AG- + glutin- (s. of gluten glue) + -atus -ATE 1 ]