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The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
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coagulation
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Coagulation is the process by which blood forms clots. Coagulation may also refer to: Coagulation (water treatment) , in colloid chemistry, a process in which dispersed colloidal particles agglomerate Coagulation (milk) , the coagulation of milk into curd ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coagulation \Co*ag`u*la"tion\, n. [L. coagulatio.] 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes) 2 The process by which blood forms solid clots. 3 Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: curdling , clotting ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Latin coagulationem (nominative coagulatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of coagulare (see coagulate ).
Usage examples of coagulation.
Fibrinogen coagulates more readily than the others and is the only one that changes in the ordinary coagulation of the blood.
What causes the blood to coagulate outside of the blood vessels and what prevents its coagulation inside of these vessels?
Another substance which is necessary to the process of coagulation is the element calcium.
If compounds of calcium are absent from the blood, coagulation does not take place.
The presence of a foreign substance increases the rapidity of coagulation, and it has been observed that bleeding from small wounds is more quickly checked by covering them with linen or cotton fibers.
Through its coagulation, the blood also closes leaks in the small blood vessels.
The purpose of the salts is to prevent coagulation until the blood is diluted with water as in the experiments which follow.
The water dilutes the salts so that coagulation is no longer prevented.
Note that coagulation begins in all parts of the liquid at the same time and that, as the process goes on, the clot shrinks and is drawn toward the center.
The injection of the tumors with a fluid which causes coagulation of the blood, and which does not completely shut off the return current of the circulation through the tumors, has proved fatal in a small percentage of cases.
My previous tests have been made too late to learn the exact rate of coagulation, which may be variable.
He called attention to the fact that the coagulation became more rapid with each interval.
Heat coagulation of muscle protein may become evident at this stage, causing the muscles slowly to contract, and there may be a steady divarication of the thighs with gradually developing flexion of the limbs.
Bopp too accepts that verbs are mixtures obtained by the coagulation of verb with root.
As the opacity and porcelainlike appearance of the glands is probably due to the coagulation of the albumen, I may add, on the authority of Dr.