Coagulation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coagulation \Co*ag`u*la"tion\, n. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The substance or body formed by coagulation.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coagulation
       n : the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: {curdling},
            {clotting}]