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Definition of Coagulation

1. Noun. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.

Definition of Coagulation

1. n. 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.

Definition of Coagulation

1. Noun. The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes) ¹

2. Noun. The process by which blood forms solid clots. ¹

3. Noun. Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coagulation

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Medical Definition of Coagulation

1. 1. The process of clot formation. 2. The solidification of a sol into a gelatinous mass, an alteration of a disperse phase or of a dissolved solid which causes the separation of the system into a liquid phase and an insoluble mass called the clot or curd. Coagulation is usually irreversible. 3. The disruption of tissue by physical means to form an amorphous residuum, as in electrocoagulation and photocoagulation. Origin: L. Coagulatio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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