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Webster 1913 Edition
Coagulation
Co-agˊu-la′tion
,Noun.
[L.
coagulatio
.] 1.
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction;
as, the spontaneous
. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification. coagulation
of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation
of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation
of egg albumin by heat2.
The substance or body formed by coagulation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coagulation
COAGULATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
coagulation
coagulation
English
Noun
coagulation (countable and uncountable, plural coagulations)
- The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes)
- The process by which blood forms solid clots.
- Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
Antonyms
- dissolution
- declumping
- peptization
Related terms
Translations
process of forming clots from blood
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