coagulable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of coagulable
First recorded in 1645–55; coagul(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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In this urine the transparent sediment or cloud is mucous; the opake sediment is probably coagulable lymph from the blood changed by an animal or chemical process.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
This latter morbid condition, may supervene on the irritation, and occasion a suppression of the serous effusion, and the formation of coagulable lymph or pus.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Both had extensive anasarcous and other effusions, and both had coagulable urine.
From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Makellar, Archibald
It is coagulable by heat, by nitrous acid, and by spirit of wine, like milk, serum of blood, and other fluids, which daily experience evinces to be nutritious.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Less of that animal matter which is coagulable by acids and by the absorption of atmospheric oxygen, is found in it.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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