Conglutination

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An adhesion, or gluing together. countable, uncountable

    "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"

  2. 2
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts wordnet
  3. 3
    The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones wordnet

Synonyms

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coalescencecoalescencecoalescencycoalitionconcretionunion

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"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"

Etymology

From con- + glutination.

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