coagulation

noun co·ag·u·la·tion \ kō-ˌa-gyə-ˈlā-shən \

Updated on: 19 Apr 2018

Definition of coagulation

: the process of becoming viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : the forming of clots (as in blood or cream) : the process of coagulating

… an incision is made on the skin of the forearm with a spring-loaded device, and the time to coagulation is measured.
—Lawrence L. K. Leung

Recent Examples of coagulation from the Web

The person was treated for bleeding and coagulation issues.

— andrea k. mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "First Maryland case of bleeding from synthetic marijuana reported," 5 Apr. 2018
To make the bomb more dangerous, the bombmaker coated the weights in a chemical common in rat poison that inhibits blood coagulation.

— author: devlin barrett, Anchorage Daily News, "A race against time and technology: How authorities are trying to catch the Austin bomber," 20 Mar. 2018
To make the bomb more dangerous, the bombmaker coated the weights in a chemical common in rat poison that inhibits blood coagulation.

— devlin barrett, Washington Post, "A race against time and technology: How authorities are trying to catch the Austin bomber," 20 Mar. 2018
The microbes also deal with most of the challenges of coagulation by providing pathways for degrading the coagulant heparan sulfate.

— diana gitig, Ars Technica, "Gut bacteria key to the vampire bat’s ability to survive on blood," 1 Mar. 2018
Tests of her blood revealed no coagulation issues or other problems.

— susan scutti, CNN, "The woman who sweats blood from her palms and her face," 24 Oct. 2017
His laboratory work has had major implications for scientific understanding of thrombosis — the coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the circulatory system.

— bonnie l. cook, Philly.com, "Dr. Alan D. Schreiber, 75, physician-scientist who headed research lab at Penn," 3 Oct. 2017
The levels of inflammatory proteins in the high-coagulation species were lowered with the ixolaris treatment.

— jill daly, Washington Post, "Tick saliva may be a secret ingredient to help HIV patients," 9 Sep. 2017
That would also allow doctors to significantly lower the level of anti-coagulation drugs patients would need to take.

— randy rieland, Smithsonian, "An Artificial Lung That Fits In a Backpack," 7 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of coagulation

14th century

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coagulation

noun co·ag·u·la·tion \ kō-ˌag-yə-ˈlā-shən \

medical Definition of coagulation

1 a : a change to a viscous, jellylike, or solid state; especially : a change from a liquid to a thickened curdlike state not by evaporation but by chemical reaction

the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood

the coagulation of milk by rennin

b : the process by which such change of state takes place consisting of the alteration of a soluble substance (as a protein) into an insoluble form or of the flocculation or separation of colloidal or suspended matter

2 : a substance or body formed by coagulation : coagulum

3 : disruption of tissue by physical means (as by application of an electric current) so that denaturation and clumping of protein occur

diathermic coagulation of tissues during surgery to seal bleeding blood vessels

— see electrocoagulation, photocoagulation

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