coagulation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
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).
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Translations[edit]
process of forming clots from blood
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similar solidification
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
coagulation f (plural coagulations)
- coagulation
Further reading[edit]
- “coagulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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