agglutination
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agglutination,
in biochemistry: see immunityimmunity,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,
in linguistics: see inflectioninflection,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 -er.
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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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