agglutinableadj.

Brit.

/əˈɡluːt(ᵻ)nəbl/, U.S.

/əˈɡlutn̩əb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: agglutinate v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < agglutin- (in agglutinate v.; compare agglutinate v. 4) + -able suffix, perhaps after French agglutinable (mid 16th cent. in Middle French). Compare slightly earlier agglutinability n.

Medicine and Biology.

Able to undergo agglutination (agglutination n. 7); involved in or responsible for agglutination.

ΚΠ

1898 Univ. Med. Mag. (Univ. Pennsylvania) May 497 The bodies of certain micro-organisms (e.g., those mentioned above) contain a special substance—an agglutinating or agglutinable substance—with the existence of which the phenomenon of agglutination is connected.

1919 Lancet 2 Aug. 189/2 After eight subculturings in broth..all the strains had become agglutinable to para. B serum.

1947 Sci. News 4 49 Blood grouping has become more and more complex with the discovery of new specific agglutinable (clump-forming) substances.

1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) vi. 718 After trypsinisation, normal cells do indeed become agglutinable by WGA and..temporarily lose contact inhibition and divide like tumour cells.

2011 K. Rogers Blood iv. 136 After infections such as pneumonia, red cells may become agglutinable by almost all normal sera because of exposure of a hidden antigenic site.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agglutinable
释义	agglutinableadj. Brit. /əˈɡluːt(ᵻ)nəbl/, U.S. /əˈɡlutn̩əb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: agglutinate v., -able suffix. Etymology: < agglutin- (in agglutinate v.; compare agglutinate v. 4) + -able suffix, perhaps after French agglutinable (mid 16th cent. in Middle French). Compare slightly earlier agglutinability n. Medicine and Biology. Able to undergo agglutination (agglutination n. 7); involved in or responsible for agglutination. ΚΠ 1898 Univ. Med. Mag. (Univ. Pennsylvania) May 497 The bodies of certain micro-organisms (e.g., those mentioned above) contain a special substance—an agglutinating or agglutinable substance—with the existence of which the phenomenon of agglutination is connected. 1919 Lancet 2 Aug. 189/2 After eight subculturings in broth..all the strains had become agglutinable to para. B serum. 1947 Sci. News 4 49 Blood grouping has become more and more complex with the discovery of new specific agglutinable (clump-forming) substances. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) vi. 718 After trypsinisation, normal cells do indeed become agglutinable by WGA and..temporarily lose contact inhibition and divide like tumour cells. 2011 K. Rogers Blood iv. 136 After infections such as pneumonia, red cells may become agglutinable by almost all normal sera because of exposure of a hidden antigenic site. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1898
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