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agminate

American  
[ag-muh-nit, -neyt] / ˈæg mə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /
Also agminated

adjective

  1. aggregated together.

agminate British  
/ ˈæɡmɪnɪt, -ˌneɪt /

adjective

  1. gathered or clustered together

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Etymology

Origin of agminate

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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