coagulation
UK /kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/ · US /koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/ noun
Forms coagulations
- noun The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. “the coagulation of proteins”
- noun The process by which blood forms solid clots.
- noun Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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 of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.
- noun The substance or body formed by coagulation.
Etymology [L. coagulatio.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “coagulation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details