agglutinate
/əˈgluːtɪneɪt/verb
1- firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass黏合; 被黏合：
as adj. agglutinated rhinoceros horns are agglutinated masses of hair.犀牛角是毛发胶合物。
1.1
- Biology (with reference to bacteria or red blood cells) clump together【生】（细菌, 红细胞）凝集：
with obj. these strains agglutinate human red cells这些菌株使人类的红细胞凝集
no obj. cell fragments agglutinate and form intricate meshes.细胞碎片凝集成复杂的网状结构。
1.2
- with obj. Linguistics (of a language) combine (word elements) to express compound ideas【语言学】（语言）粘着（词语成分以表达复合含义）。
派生词
agglutination
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin agglutinat- 'caused to adhere'， from the verb agglutinare, from ad- 'to'+glutinare （from gluten 'glue'）.