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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Aggregated or clustered together: in anatomy, said of the lymphatic glands forming patches in the small intestines (Peyer's patches), as distinguished from the solitary glands or follicles: as, “agminate glands,”

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  • adjective (Physiol.) Grouped together.

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  • adjective biology Grouped together.

Etymologies

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Latin agmen, agminis, a train, crowd.

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  • Grouped.

    May 16, 2008

  • JM agitates for agminate mates.

    February 14, 2010