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co⋅ag⋅u⋅late

  [v. koh-ag-yuh-leyt; adj. koh-ag-yuh-lit, -leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
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.
3. Physical Chemistry. (of colloidal particles) to flocculate or cause to flocculate by adding an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.
–adjective
4. Obsolete. coagulated.
Origin:
1350–1400 for earlier ptp. senses “solidified, clotted,” 1605–15 for def. 1; ME < L coāgulāt(us) (ptp. of coāgulāre), equiv. to coāgul(um) coagulum + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
co⋅ag⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun
co⋅ag⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [koh-ag-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , co⋅ag⋅u⋅la⋅tive  [koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. clot, set, solidify, thicken.
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co·ag·u·late   (kō-āg'yə-lāt')   
v.   co·ag·u·lat·ed, co·ag·u·lat·ing, co·ag·u·lates

v.   tr.
To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.
v.   intr.
To become coagulated.

[Middle English coagulaten, from Latin coāgulāre, coāgulāt-, from coāgulum, coagulator; see coagulum.]
co·ag'u·la·bil'i·ty n., co·ag'u·la·ble, co·ag'u·la'tive (-lā'tĭv, -lə-tĭv) adj., co·ag'u·la'tion n., co·ag'u·la'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to change or be changed from a liquid into a thickened mass: egg white coagulating when heated; blood clotting over the wound; gravy congealing as it cools; milk that had curdled; used pectin to jell the jam; jellied consommé; allowed the aspic to set.
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Coagulation

Co*ag`u*la"tion\, n. [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 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.

2. The substance or body formed by coagulation.
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Main Entry: co·ag·u·la·tion
Pronunciation: kO-"ag-y&-'lA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : the process of becomingviscous, jellylike, or solid; especially : the change from a liquid to a thickened curdlike state not by evaporation but by chemical reaction coagulation offreshly drawn blood> coagulation of egg albumen by heat> b : the process by which such change of state takes place consisting of the alteration of a solublesubstance (as a protein) into an insoluble form or of the flocculation or separation of colloidal or suspended matter
2 : a substance or body formed by coagulation : COAGULUM
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coagulation co·ag·u·la·tion (kō-āg'yə-lā'shən)
n.

  1. The change, especially of blood, from liquid to solid; clotting.
  2. A clot; coagulum.

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coagulation   (kō-āg'yə-lā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
The process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid state by a series of chemical reactions, especially the process that results in the formation of a blood clot. See more at clot.
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