Meanings
adjectiveautoagglutinating (not comparable)
- not comparableSubject to autoagglutination
Some strains are non-typeable, and others can be rough or autoagglutinating, making these cultures un-typeable.
2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
- Proto-Italic*gloiten
- Latinglūten
- Latinglūtinō
- Latinagglūtinō
- Latinagglūtinātu
- Englishagglutinating
- Englishautoagglutinating
From auto- + agglutinating.
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APA
autoagglutinating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoagglutinating
MLA
“autoagglutinating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoagglutinating. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoagglutinating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoagglutinating.
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