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HAEMAGGLUTINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agglutination of red blood cells
Synonyms:
haemagglutination; hemagglutination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("haemagglutination" is a kind of...):
agglutination (a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins))
Derivation:
haemagglutinate (cause the clumping together (of red blood cells))