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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