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Coagulation   Listen
noun
Coagulation  n.  
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.
2.
The substance or body formed by coagulation.






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"Coagulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... all right if the destruction and coagulation of tissue hadn't progressed too far before you checked it, Captain. Treat them now for simple lung cauterization and ...
— Poisoned Air • Sterner St. Paul Meek

... and its evanescent nature, has it been separated and subjected to even the roughest chemical analysis which might show whether it is composed of those earthly elements with which we are familiar. Is it rather some coagulation of ether which introduces an absolutely new substance into our world? Such a supposition seems most probable, for a comparison with the analogous substance examined at Dr. Crawford's seances at Belfast, which is at the same time hardly visible to ...
— The Vital Message • Arthur Conan Doyle



Words linked to "Coagulation" :   activity, curdling, coagulate, action, coagulation factor, natural process



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