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Webster 1913 Edition


Coagulation

Co-agˊu-la′tion

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
The substance or body formed by coagulation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coagulation

COAGULATION

,
Noun.
The act of changing from a fluid to a fixed state; concretion; the state of being coagulated; the body formed by coagulating.