agglutinant

& s. [In Fr. agglutinant; Port, agglutinante; fr. Lat. agglutinans, pr. par. of agglutino.] [AGGLUTINATE.] 1. As adjective : Gluing together; causing adhesion. "I shall beg you to prescribe to me something strengthening and agglutinant ."-Gray: Letters. 2. As substantive: A viscous substance capable of gluing others together. Pharm . Agglutinants were medicines of a glutinous nature which were supposed to adhere to the solids and help to repair what they had lost.