#agglutinate

• To agglutinate — To gather, unite, or clump into compact groups or clusters. In immunology and hematology, it refers to the biochemical process by which cells (such as erythrocytes or bacteria) adhere to each other under the action of specific antibodies, while in linguistics it describes the act of attaching invariable affixes to a word root to express grammatical categories.
• Agglutinated — As an adjective and participle, having undergone the process of agglutination; cells, bacteria, or particles closely united, adhered, or grouped into clusters under the action of a specific biochemical agent. In linguistics, it describes elements or words formed by welding invariable affixes. As a neuter noun, it represents the product or compact mass resulting from this structural binding process.