coagulation
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
coagulation (countable and uncountable, plural coagulations)
- The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins)
- The process by which blood forms solid clots.
- Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
Antonyms
Derived terms
- anticoagulation
- coagulase
- coagulational
- coagulation factor
- coagulation time
- cryocoagulation
- cyclocoagulation
- diathermocoagulation
- disseminated intravascular coagulation
- electrocoagulation
- haemocoagulation
- hemocoagulation
- heterocoagulation
- homocoagulation
- hypercoagulation
- hypocoagulation
- noncoagulation
- photocoagulation
- precoagulation
- procoagulation
- recoagulation
- thermocoagulation
- whole-blood coagulation time
Related terms
Translations
process of forming clots from blood
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similar solidification
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French
Pronunciation
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Noun
coagulation f (plural coagulations)
- coagulation
Further reading
- “coagulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.