Coagulation

Coagulation
Coagulation Co*ag`u*la"tion, n. [L. coagulatio.] 1. The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification. [1913 Webster]

2. The substance or body formed by coagulation. [1913 Webster]


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