agglutināˈtion noun

1. The act of agglutinating
2. An agglutinated mass
3. The clumping of bacteria, cells, protozoa, etc (biology)
4. A type of word-formation process in which words are inflected by the addition of one or more meaningful elements to a stem, each of which elements expresses one single element of meaning (linguistics)

agglutˈinative adjective

Tending, or having power, to agglutinate

agglutˈinin noun

An antibody causing agglutination of bacteria, cells, etc

agglutˈinogen noun

The substance in bacteria or in blood cells that stimulates the formation of, and unites with, agglutinin

agglutinating languages or agglutinative languages plural noun

Languages in which words are inflected by agglutination