Meanings
plural conglutinations
- countableuncountableAn adhesion, or gluing together.
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
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC1 more example
In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped, the men that were not men's, that were not women's men. And Mrs. Gorman was doubtless the theatre of a similar conglutination.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC - countableuncountableThe agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounhealing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
nounthe union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchcon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Middle Englishcon-
- Englishcon-
- Englishglutination
- Englishconglutination
From con- + glutination.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan conglutinació
- conglutinacióchemical agglutination
French conglutination
- conglutinationchemical agglutination
Italian conglutinazione
- conglutinazionechemical agglutination
Cite this entry
conglutination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglutination
“conglutination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglutination. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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