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agglutinant, a. and n.|əˈgl(j)uːtɪnənt|
[ad. L. agglūtinant-em pr. pple. of agglūtinā-re: see next.]
A. adj.
1. Gluing, cementing; uniting closely.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. viii. 300 A little Lint, with an agglutinant plaster..shuts the hole securely. 1758Layard Dis. Eye in Phil. Trans. I. 753 Such agglutinant and contracting collyria, as may reduce the distended coats and vessels to their former size.
†2. Med. Having the property of adhering to the internal organs and making up for waste. Obs.
1756Gray Wks. (1825) II. 192 For which I shall beg you to prescribe me something strengthening and agglutinant, lest it turn to a confirmed phthisis. 1783P. Potts Chirurg. Wks. II. 388 This want of an agglutinant quality in the blood.
B. n. [The adj. used absol.]
1. Any sticky or viscous substance which causes bodies to adhere together.
1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 297 (Jod.) The ichthyocalla, or isingglass of the shop, famous as an agglutinant.
†2. Med. A medicine supposed to adhere to and supply the waste of tissue. Obs.
1718Quincy Eng. Dispens. ii. 96 Of Agglutinents. 1720Gibson Dispens. i. (1734) 47 Restoratives..by their peculiar properties termed Agglutinants, or Binders. 1751Chambers Cycl., Agglutinants, agglutinantia, in medicine a species of strengthening medicines, whose office and effect is to adhere to the solid parts of the body, and thus recruit and supply the place of what is worn off, and wasted in the animal actions. |