coagulate

[ verb koh-ag-yuh-leyt; adjective koh-ag-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
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verb (used with or without object),co·ag·u·lat·ed, co·ag·u·lat·ing.
  1. to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal: Let the pudding stand two hours until it coagulates.

  2. Biology. (of blood) to form a clot.

  1. Physical Chemistry. (of colloidal particles) to flocculate or cause to flocculate by adding an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.

adjective
  1. Obsolete. coagulated.

Origin of coagulate

1
1350–1400 for earlier past participle senses “solidified, clotted,” 1605–15 for def. 1; Middle English <Latin coāgulāt(us) (past participle of coāgulāre), equivalent to coāgul(um) coagulum + -ātus-ate1

Other words for coagulate

Other words from coagulate

  • co·ag·u·la·tion, noun
  • co·ag·u·la·to·ry [koh-ag-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /koʊˈæg yə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, co·ag·u·la·tive [koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv], /koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv/, adjective
  • an·ti·co·ag·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • an·ti·co·ag·u·la·tion, noun, adjective
  • non·co·ag·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • non·co·ag·u·la·tion, noun
  • non·co·ag·u·la·tive, adjective
  • re·co·ag·u·late, verb, re·co·ag·u·lat·ed, re·co·ag·u·lat·ing.
  • re·co·ag·u·la·tion, noun
  • un·co·ag·u·lat·ed, adjective
  • un·co·ag·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • un·co·ag·u·la·tive, adjective

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How to use coagulate in a sentence

  • And we use them for all coagulations, indurations, refrigerations, and conservations of bodies.

British Dictionary definitions for coagulate

coagulate

verb(kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪt)
  1. to cause (a fluid, such as blood) to change into a soft semisolid mass or (of such a fluid) to change into such a mass; clot; curdle

  2. chem to separate or cause to separate into distinct constituent phases

noun(kəʊˈæɡjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
  1. the solid or semisolid substance produced by coagulation

Origin of coagulate

1
C16: from Latin coāgulāre to make (a liquid) curdle, from coāgulum rennet, from cōgere to drive together

Derived forms of coagulate

  • coagulable, adjective
  • coagulability, noun
  • coagulation, noun
  • coagulative (kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɪv), adjective

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