antiagglutinating
|an-ti-ag-glut-i-nat-ing|
/ˌæn.ti.əˈɡlʌt.ɪ.neɪt/
(antiagglutinate)
preventing clumping
Etymology
'antiagglutinating' originates from the combining prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti-') and the verb 'agglutinate' (from Latin 'agglutinare'), where 'anti-' meant 'against' and Latin 'gluten' meant 'glue'.
'agglutinare' in Latin (related to 'gluten', 'glue') passed into English as 'agglutinate'; the modern compound 'anti- + agglutinate' produced the verb 'antiagglutinate' and the adjective/participle form 'antiagglutinating'.
Initially the parts meant 'against' + 'glue' (literally 'against gluing'); over time the compound came to mean specifically 'against the clumping (of cells or particles)' in medical and biochemical contexts.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
present participle form of 'antiagglutinate' — performing the action of preventing agglutination.
Researchers observed the serum antiagglutinating the bacterial cells in the sample.
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Adjective 1
preventing or inhibiting agglutination (the clumping together of particles, cells, or molecules); having anti-agglutinating properties.
The antiagglutinating reagent kept the red blood cells from clumping during the test.
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Last updated: 2025/08/27 03:19