agglutination

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By 1989, The Times reported, Davis had “reshaped Gulf & Western from a ragtag agglutination of about 100 businesses to a thriving corporation focused in entertainment, publishing and finance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2023

The first exposure does not usually cause a reaction; however, at the second exposure, enough antibodies have built up in the blood to produce a reaction that causes agglutination and breakdown of red blood cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

When a different bacterial species was used, the agglutination did not happen.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Such training does not teach students to think scientifically for "the collection of credits in courses of oddments" can be gained by "agglutination of the tail to a wooden bench."

From Time Magazine Archive

It should also be stated that agglutinins are used up in the process of agglutination, apparently combining with some element of the bacterial structure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various