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co·ag·u·la·tion

n 1 a  :  the process of becoming viscous, jellylike, or solid : esp  :  the change from a liquid to a thickened curdlike state not by evaporation but by chemical reaction <the spontaneous of freshly drawn blood>  <the of egg albumen by heat>   b  :  the process by which such change of state takes place consisting of the alteration of a soluble substance (as a protein) into an insoluble form or of the flocculation or separation of colloidal or suspended matter  2  :  a substance or body formed by coagulation  :  COAGULUM .
 
 

 
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