agglutinative

[uh-gloot-n-ey-tiv, uh-gloot-n-uh-] /əˈglut nˌeɪ tɪv, əˈglut n ə-/
adjective
1.
tending or having power to agglutinate or unite:
an agglutinative substance.
2.
Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Turkish, characterized by agglutination.
Compare inflectional (def 2), isolating.
Origin
1625-35; agglutinate + -ive
Related forms
antiagglutinative, adjective
nonagglutinative, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for agglutinative

agglutinative

/əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/
adjective
1.
tending to join or capable of joining
2.
(linguistics) Also agglomerative. denoting languages, such as Hungarian, whose morphology is characterized by agglutination Compare analytic (sense 3), synthetic (sense 3), polysynthetic
Word Origin and History for agglutinative
adj.

1630s, in a medical sense, from Latin agglutinat-, past participle stem of agglutinare (see agglutination). Philological sense is from 1650s.

agglutinative in Medicine

agglutinative ag·glu·ti·na·tive (ə-glōōt'n-ā'tĭv, -ə-tĭv)
adj.
Concerning or characteristic of agglutination.