coagulate

[ verb koh-ag-yuh-leyt; adjective koh-ag-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
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verb (used with or without object),co·ag·u·lat·ed, co·ag·u·lat·ing.
  1. to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal: Let the pudding stand two hours until it coagulates.

  2. Biology. (of blood) to form a clot.

  1. Physical Chemistry. (of colloidal particles) to flocculate or cause to flocculate by adding an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.

adjective
  1. Obsolete. coagulated.

Origin of coagulate

1
1350–1400 for earlier past participle senses “solidified, clotted,” 1605–15 for def. 1; Middle English <Latin coāgulāt(us) (past participle of coāgulāre), equivalent to coāgul(um) coagulum + -ātus-ate1

Other words for coagulate

Other words from coagulate

  • co·ag·u·la·tion, noun
  • co·ag·u·la·to·ry [koh-ag-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /koʊˈæg yə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, co·ag·u·la·tive [koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv], /koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv/, adjective
  • an·ti·co·ag·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • an·ti·co·ag·u·la·tion, noun, adjective
  • non·co·ag·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • non·co·ag·u·la·tion, noun
  • non·co·ag·u·la·tive, adjective
  • re·co·ag·u·late, verb, re·co·ag·u·lat·ed, re·co·ag·u·lat·ing.
  • re·co·ag·u·la·tion, noun
  • un·co·ag·u·lat·ed, adjective
  • un·co·ag·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • un·co·ag·u·la·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for coagulate

coagulate

verb(kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪt)
  1. to cause (a fluid, such as blood) to change into a soft semisolid mass or (of such a fluid) to change into such a mass; clot; curdle

  2. chem to separate or cause to separate into distinct constituent phases

noun(kəʊˈæɡjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
  1. the solid or semisolid substance produced by coagulation

Origin of coagulate

1
C16: from Latin coāgulāre to make (a liquid) curdle, from coāgulum rennet, from cōgere to drive together

Derived forms of coagulate

  • coagulable, adjective
  • coagulability, noun
  • coagulation, noun
  • coagulative (kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɪv), adjective

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