Coagulate Definition

kō-ăgyə-lāt
coagulated, coagulates, coagulating
verb
coagulated, coagulates, coagulating
To cause (a liquid) to become a soft, semisolid mass; curdle; clot.
Webster's New World
To become coagulated.
Webster's New World
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adjective
(obsolete) Coagulated.
Wiktionary
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noun
coagulates

A mass formed by means of coagulation.

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Origin of Coagulate

  • From Latin coāgulō (“I curdle”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English coagulaten from Latin coāgulāre coāgulāt- from coāgulum coagulator coagulum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Coagulate Sentence Examples

  • The latex is therefore usually allowed to coagulate on the tree, as it slowly exudes from the incision.

  • Gallic acid does not coagulate albumen when used externally.

  • Vitamin K helps the blood coagulate or clot.

  • This stops the bleeding and the blood will then coagulate or thicken into a scab.

  • In virtue of this property they are also mild haemostatics, tending to coagulate the albumens of the blood and thereby to arrest haemorrhage.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOA

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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coagulate

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With TE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With E