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agglutination
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agglutination, in linguistics

agglutination, in linguistics: see inflection inflection, in grammar. In many languages, words or parts of words are arranged in formally similar sets consisting of a root, or base, and various affixes. Thus walking, walks, walker have in common the root walk and the affixes -ing, -s, and
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agglutination, in biochemistry

agglutination, in biochemistry: see immunity immunity, ability of an organism to resist disease by identifying and destroying foreign substances or organisms. Although all animals have some immune capabilities, little is known about nonmammalian immunity.
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agglutination [ə‚glü·tə′nā·shən]
(cell and molecular biology)
The joining of two organisms of the same species for the purpose of sexual reproduction.


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Casually charting seven years of intermittent derives, the "Found Monochromes" might be extended indefinitely, highlighting Batchelor's characteristically agglutinative and open-ended attitude toward formal composition.
Like most Papuan languages the verb is morphologically the most complex part of the grammar, so highly agglutinative in fact that it puts Yimas on a par with American Indian languages.
The Turkish language is very agglutinative, which means that suffixes can be added to a word almost like `beads on a string.
 
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