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aggregate /ag·gre·gate/

1. (ag´rĕ-gāt) to crowd or cluster together.

2. (ag´rĕ-git) crowded or clustered together.

3. (ag´rĕ-git) a mass or assemblage.

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ag·gre·gate (gr-gt)

adj.

Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.

n.

A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount in a mass or cluster.

v. (-gt)

To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.

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aggregate

[ag′rəgāt]

Etymology: L, ad + gregare, to gather together

1 the total of a group of substances or components making up a mass or complex. Data on individual patients can be aggregated to allow conclusions about the patient population to be made.

2 See aggregation.