coagulation
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the process of coagulating into a thickened mass or clot, such as of blood or cream.
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Physical Chemistry. the flocculation of colloidal particles into tuftlike masses through the addition of an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.
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The process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid state by a series of chemical reactions, especially the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
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According to his death certificate, Busch died from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Both the coagulation system and the complement system are controlled by enzymes in the body that cut other proteins to activate them.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
Across the island, seventeen reservoirs catch and store rainwater, which is treated through a series of chemical coagulation, rapid gravity filtration and disinfection.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a state in which the complex processes of blood clotting run amok.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023
If it is recognized as correct that a primary disease of the blood is to be admitted, yet the coagulation of the blood in a large vein has not been traced back to it.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Their snarling energy is matched by their neighbors: the creepy coagulations of color, plastic, resin, drawing and grommets that form the paintings of KAYA, a collaboration consisting of the artists Kerstin Brätsch and Debo Eilers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2017
Biofilms, dense coagulations of bacteria like dental plaque, are responsible for an estimated 65 percent of bacterial infections and make bacteria more resistant to antibiotics.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2014
Members often point out that veteran judge Professor Lloyd Dallas Herrold of Northwestern University has a weakness for coagulations like "Temptasty," that Procter & Gamble dislikes rhyming entries.
From Time Magazine Archive
These caves we call the Lower Region; and we use them for all coagulations, indurations, refrigerations, and conservations of bodies.
From New Atlantis by Bacon, Francis
And we use them for all coagulations, indurations, refrigerations, and conservations of bodies.
From Ideal Commonwealths by More, Thomas, Sir, Saint
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