Definition of coagulate
archaic
: being clotted or congealed
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First Known Use of coagulate
14th century
Other Biochemistry Terms
Definition of coagulate
coagulated
;coagulating
transitive verb
1 : to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle, clot
2 : to gather together or form into a mass or group
intransitive verb
: to become coagulated
Examples of coagulate in a Sentence
The eggs coagulate when heated.
The medicine helps coagulate blood.
Recent Examples of coagulate from the Web
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But after a few hours, a narrative thread began to coagulate.
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But after a few hours a narrative thread began to coagulate.
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Ceviche is made when the acid — found in the lime juice — coagulates the proteins in the fish.
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Whitefield’s roadways are almost always coagulated with traffic.
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Producing natural rubber is also laborious: After harvesting the tree, latex is collected, processed, refined and coagulated.
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Blood began to leak into the muscle and coagulated inside arteries, causing terrible cardiovascular damage.
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Origin and Etymology of coagulate
Latin coagulatus, past participle of coagulare to curdle, from coagulum curdling agent, from cogere to drive together — more at cogent
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playDefinition of coagulate for English Language Learners
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: to become thick and partly solid
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Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of coagulate
coagulated
;coagulating
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transitive verb
: to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : clot blood platelets that coagulate blood—Sonni Efron rennin coagulates milk2: to subject to coagulation high-frequency radio waves used to cut and coagulate tissue—Alan Goldstein
intransitive verb
: to become coagulated : undergo coagulation
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