glutination

English

Etymology

From Latin glūtinō.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

glutination (usually uncountable, plural glutinations)

(obsolete) A gluing together; a joining together with, or as though with, glue.
(medicine, obsolete) Something that is used to close up a wound or join together the parts of a broken bone, torn vein, etc; the process of applying such a glutination to a wound.

References

John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “glutination”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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