Definition of Coagulum

1. Noun. A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid.

Exact synonyms: Clot
Generic synonyms: Ball, Chunk, Clod, Clump, Glob, Lump
Specialized synonyms: Thrombus, Embolus
Derivative terms: Clot, Clot, Clot, Coagulate, Coagulate

Definition of Coagulum

1. n. The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

Definition of Coagulum

1. Noun. A mass of coagulated material; a clot or curd ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coagulum

1. a clot [n -LA or -LUMS]

Medical Definition of Coagulum

1. A clot or a curd; a soft, nonrigid, insoluble mass formed when a sol undergoes coagulation. Origin: L. A means of coagulating, rennet (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coagulum

coagulation
coagulation factor
coagulation factor XI
coagulation necrosis
coagulation profile
coagulation time
coagulation vitamin
coagulations
coagulative
coagulator
coagulators
coagulatory
coagulin
coagulometer
coagulopathy
coagulum (current term)
coagulums
coaita
coaitas
coak
coaked
coaks
coal
coal-black
coal-meter
coal-meters
coal-tar
coal-tar creosote
coal-tars
coal-whipper

Literary usage of Coagulum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1901)
"The growth of connective tissue cells over the surface of the coagulum : Whenever the connective tissue cells have a chance to grow into the coagulum, ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1897)
"After setting, the solid cylinders of coagulum are removed from their moulds. ... The washed or unwashed coagulum has a natural inclination to ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1845)
"At some places this coagulum was quite loose in the rein, at others it was ... Where the coagulum was loosely connected with the inner coat of the vein, ..."

4. The Vegetable Proteins by Thomas Burr Osborne (1909)
"When a very little acetic acid was cautiously added to the nitrate from the coagulum and this again heated to boiling, a second coagulum resulted at the ..."

5. The Science and art of surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by Sir John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"By the conjoined operation of these causes a coagulum is formed, which, though lying within the sheath, is outside to, and extends beyond the artery ..."

6. A Treatise on human physiology: Designed for the Use of Students and by John Call Dalton (1864)
"This deposit of the globules, however, is only partial ; because they are soon fixed and entangled by the solid mass of the coagulum, and are thus retained ..."

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