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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024co•ag•u•late /koʊˈægyəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to change from a fluid into a thickened mass, as blood does when it forms a clot; congeal: [no object]The blood from the wound coagulated.[~ + object]This substance does not coagulate the blood.
co•ag•u•la•tion /koʊˌægyəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•ag•u•late (v. kō ag′yə lāt′;adj. kō ag′yə lit, -lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, adj. v.t., v.i. - to change from a fluid into a thickened mass;
curdle; congeal:Let the pudding stand two hours until it coagulates. - Biochemistry(of blood) to form a clot.
- Chemistry[Physical Chem.](of colloidal particles) to flocculate or cause to flocculate by adding an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.
adj. - [Obs.]coagulated.
- Latin coāgulāt(us) (past participle of coāgulāre), equivalent. to coāgul(um) coagulum + -ātus -ate1
- Middle English 1350–1400 for earlier past participle senses "solidified, clotted,'' 1605–15 for def. 1
co•ag′u•la′tion, n. co•ag•u•la•to•ry (kō ag′yə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation co•ag•u•la•tive (kō ag′yə lā′tiv, -lə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clot, set, solidify, thicken.
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