Dictionary

coagulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/ (General-American)
• /kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.
   • the coagulation of proteins
2. (countable, uncountable) The process by which blood forms solid clots.
3. (countable, uncountable) Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).

Forms

Antonyms

peptization · dissolution · declumping

Deriveds

cryocoagulation · anticoagulation · hypercoagulation · heterocoagulation · disseminated intravascular coagulation · coagulation time · precoagulation · homocoagulation · cyclocoagulation · coagulase · haemocoagulation · procoagulation · noncoagulation · coagulation factor · photocoagulation · diathermocoagulation · recoagulation · electrocoagulation · hypocoagulation · hemocoagulation · thermocoagulation · whole-blood coagulation time · coagulational

Relateds

coagulate

Translations (53)

ru свёртывание (process of forming clots from blood) · el πήξη (process of forming clots from blood) · es coagulación (process of forming clots from blood) · nn koagulasjon (process of forming clots from blood) · sv koagulation (similar solidification) · nl stolling (process of forming clots from blood) · nb koagulasjon (process of forming clots from blood) · fr coagulation (process of forming clots from blood) · ca coagulació (process of forming clots from blood) · gl coagulación (process of forming clots from blood) · tl samuo (process of forming clots from blood) · sk zrážanie (similar solidification) · nb koagulering (similar solidification) · nb hemostase (process of forming clots from blood) · sk koagulácia (process of forming clots from blood) · da koagulation (process of forming clots from blood) · nn hemostase (process of forming clots from blood) · da koagulation (similar solidification) · nl stolling (similar solidification) · nb koagulering (process of forming clots from blood) · nn koagulasjon (similar solidification) · nn koagulering (process of forming clots from blood) · de Blutgerinnung (process of forming clots from blood) · sk koagulácia (similar solidification) · fi hyytyminen (process of forming clots from blood) · ru сгуще́ние (similar solidification) · nl bloedstolling (process of forming clots from blood) · de Gerinnung (similar solidification) · sv koagulation (process of forming clots from blood) · hu kicsapodás (similar solidification) · nb koagulasjon (similar solidification) · eu koagulazio (process of forming clots from blood) · hu alvadás (similar solidification) · hu kicsapódás (similar solidification) · cmn 凝血 (process of forming clots from blood) · fa انعقاد (process of forming clots from blood) · pl koagulacja (process of forming clots from blood) · ro coagulare (process of forming clots from blood) · af koagulasie (process of forming clots from blood) · da koagulering (process of forming clots from blood) · grc πῆξις (process of forming clots from blood) · da koagulering (similar solidification) · de Gerinnung (process of forming clots from blood) · hu véralvadás (process of forming clots from blood) · de Hämostase (process of forming clots from blood) · sk zrážanie krvi (process of forming clots from blood) · uk згортання (process of forming clots from blood) · nn koagulering (similar solidification) · pt coagulação (process of forming clots from blood) · bg съсирване (process of forming clots from blood) · it coagulazione (process of forming clots from blood) · nl coagulatie (process of forming clots from blood) · kmr meyîn (process of forming clots from blood)