agglutinative
pronunciation
How to pronounce agglutinative in British English:
UK [əˈglu:tɪnətɪv]
How to pronounce agglutinative in American English:
US [əˈɡlutnˌetɪv, -ətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
- united as if by glue
Word Origin
- agglutinative (adj.)
- 1630s, in a medical sense, from Latin agglutinat-, past participle stem of agglutinare (see agglutination). Philological sense is from 1650s.
Example
- 1. Bacterial agglutinative activity of hemocyanin in shrimp litopenaeus vannamei .
- 2. That is to say , I don 't like agglutinative languages and inflecting languages .
- 3. Clinical effect of highly agglutinative staphylococcin plus cisplatin in treatment of malignant pleural effusion .
- 4. Clinical observation of pericardial effusion in patients with lung cancer treated with injections of highly agglutinative staphylococcin and cisplatin into the pericardial cavity .