agminate

[ ag-muh-nit, -neyt ]

adjective

1. aggregated together.

agminate

/ ˈæɡmɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt /

adjective

1. gathered or clustered together

Word History and Origins

Origin of agminate¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from Latin agmin- (stem of agmen ) “army on march, throng, crowd” + -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of agminate¹

C19: from Latin agmen a moving throng

Example Sentences

DEFINITION.—An endemic infectious fever, usually lasting between three and four weeks, and associated with constant lesions of the solitary and agminate glands of the ileum, and with enlargement of the spleen and mesenteric glands.

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The solitary and agminate glands of the intestine are not affected, save as the result of special complications.

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