coagulable

American  

[koh-ag-yuh-luh-buhl] / koʊˈæg yə lə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being coagulated.

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Other Word Forms

• coagulability noun
• hypercoagulability noun
• hypercoagulable adjective
• noncoagulability noun
• noncoagulable adjective
• uncoagulable adjective

Etymology

Origin of coagulable

First recorded in 1645–55; coagul(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

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

This milk it cannot digest because the emulsifying element, the fat, is not present in it in sufficient quantity in proportion to the coagulable matter.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

Milk not coagulable is produced by feeding on husks of green peas, and on mint.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The urine was small in quantity, of a bluish colour, and coagulable, irritability of stomach, and the bowels were obstinate and difficult to move, even with drastic purgatives.

From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Makellar, Archibald

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