Main Entry: ¹co·ag·u·late

Pronunciation: \kō-ˈag-yə-ˌlāt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): co·ag·u·lat·ed; co·ag·u·lat·ing

transitive verb

1 : to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : clot <blood platelets that coagulate blood—Sonni Efron> <rennin coagulates milk>
2 : to subject to coagulation <high-frequency radio waves used to cut and coagulate tissue—Alan Goldstein>

intransitive verb

: to become coagulated : undergo coagulation

—co·ag·u·la·bil·i·ty \kō-ˌag-yə-lə-ˈbil-ət-ē\ noun

—co·ag·u·la·ble \-ˈag-yə-lə-bəl\ adjective