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Coagulation   /koʊˈægjəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Coagulation

noun
1.
The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.  Synonyms: clotting, curdling.



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"Coagulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... not only describes the use of the ligature in stopping hemorrhage, but also the practice of torsion—twisting smaller vessels, which causes their lining membrane to contract in a manner that produces coagulation and stops hemorrhage. It is remarkable that so simple and practical a method as the use of the ligature in stopping hemorrhage could have gone out of use, once it had been discovered; but during the Middle Ages it was almost entirely lost sight of, ...
— A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... the alchemists] solution is also their coagulation; both consist in one operation, for the one is dissolved and the other congealed. Nor is there any other water which can dissolve the bodies but that which abideth with them. Gold and silver [Sol and Luna as before] are to be exalted in our water, ... which water is called the middle ...
— Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts • Herbert Silberer



Words linked to "Coagulation" :   thermocoagulation, action, activity, coagulation factor, clotting, blood coagulation, natural process, curdling, blood clotting, natural action, coagulate



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