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Coagulation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Coagulation : (noun)
1: the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: curdling,
clotting]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Coagulation : Coagulation: In medicine, the clotting of blood. The process by which the blood clots to form solid masses, or clots.
More than 30 types of cells and substances in blood affect clotting. The process is initiated by blood plasma to gel. The blood cells and plasma are enmeshed in the network of fibrils to form
the clot.
photocoagulation .
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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