clump

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Normal tau supports brain health, but the protein can clump into tangles that damage brain cells and cause memory loss.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Make sure to stir the rice and milk so that the rice doesn’t clump up.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

It was shown that spermine causes the harmful proteins to gather and, in a sense, clump together through biomolecular condensation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

The cells that form the oral region are spread farther afield, making it plausible that at some point, a clump of tooth-forming cells might have migrated onto the head and stuck.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

He ran off as fast as he could to the far end of the garden and hid himself behind that clump of dirty old laurel bushes that we mentioned earlier on.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl