coagulation
nounUK /kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/ · US /koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.
1
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.
- the coagulation of proteins
2
The process by which blood forms solid clots.
3
Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
- Antonyms
- dissolution, declumping, peptization
- 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
- coagulate