To agglutinate
Definition
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.
Bilingual Equivalents
- To agglutinate
- To clump together
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | First conjugation regular verb. Third-person singular present: aglutinează, past participle: aglutinat. |
| Formation | Modern loanword adopted from the French verb 'agglutiner' or directly from Latin 'agglutinare'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.ɡlu.ti.ˈna] |
| Source | Grammar and Morphological Lexicon of Contemporary Romanian |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Anticorpii din serul adăugat au determinat bacteriile să se aglutineze rapid pe lama de sticlă.
EN: The antibodies in the added serum caused the bacteria to agglutinate rapidly on the glass slide.
RO: În anumite condiții patologice, eritrocitele pot aglutina în interiorul vaselor de sânge mici, blocând circulația.
EN: Under certain pathological conditions, erythrocytes can agglutinate inside small blood vessels, blocking circulation.
RO: Anumite limbi asiatice tind să aglutineze sufixele într-un mod structural foarte riguros pentru a schimba sensul frazei.
EN: Certain Asian languages tend to agglutinate suffixes in a very rigorous structural manner to alter the meaning of the phrase.
Idioms & Phrases
A se aglutina în cheaguri / To clump into clots
RO: Proces fizic sau biologic prin care elementele microscopice suspendate formează macro-structuri vizibile cu ochiul liber.
EN: A physical or biological process whereby suspended microscopic elements form macro-structures visible to the naked eye.
A aglutina morfeme / To agglutinate morphemes
RO: Procedeu lingvistic de juxtapunere a elementelor gramaticale distincte la corpul lexical principal, fără modificarea acestuia.
EN: A linguistic process of juxtaposing distinct grammatical elements to the main lexical body, without altering it.
Capacitatea de a aglutina / Ability to agglutinate
RO: Proprietate biochimică nativă a proteinelor sau suprafețelor celulare de a iniția legături de coeziune structurală.
EN: A native biochemical property of proteins or cellular surfaces to initiate structural cohesive bonds.
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