conglutinate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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conglutinate

SYLLABICATION:	con·glu·ti·nate
PRONUNCIATION:	kn-gltn-t, kn-
INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: con·glu·ti·nat·ed, con·glu·ti·nat·ing, con·glu·ti·nates 1. To become or cause to become stuck or glued together. 2. Medicine To become or cause to become reunited, as bones or tissues.
ADJECTIVE:	Relating to the abnormal adhering of tissues to one another.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English conglutinaten, from Latin congltinre, congltint- : com-, com- + gltinre, to glue (from glten, gltin-, glue).
OTHER FORMS:	con·gluti·nation —NOUN


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