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clumping

  • present participle of clump.

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Her team also observed how molecules called chelators can interfere with or even reverse this harmful clumping process.

From Science Daily Apr. 7, 2026

In other words, it did not specifically target the metals that drive amyloid-beta clumping.

From Science Daily Apr. 7, 2026

This pattern points to increased particle clumping and removal as plastics travel through the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Jan. 12, 2026

There, it can alter the neuroimmune system, which in turn triggers changes implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s, including inflammation and amyloid beta and tau clumping.

From Salon Jan. 11, 2025

Every day the hulk took one drink from the watercooler and went once to the bathroom, stumbling between the presses into the back of the laundry, big shoes clumping.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston