coagulation
IPA: koʊˈægjʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins)
- The process by which blood forms solid clots.
- Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
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Examples of "coagulation" in Sentences
- I wanted human blood in case there was a difference in coagulation or color.
- It aids digestion, controls iron uptake and synthesizes vital proteins such as coagulation factors.
- Could the different rims that grow at different pressures act like blood platelets and affect the "coagulation" of the magma?
- In fact, coagulation of complex cells into cooperative communities was such a winning strategy that it evolved several times.
- This remarkable process is known as coagulation, or the clotting of blood; and the liquid which separates from the clot is called serum.
- In addition, most aerosols collide and combine with other particles long before reaching the size of a cloud condensation nucleus-a process called "coagulation."
- Success against clots that cause heart attacks and strokes requires finding a balance between keeping the blood thin enough to avoid coagulation and keeping it thick enough to prevent bleeding episodes.
- The flurry of interest reflects increasing understanding of what doctors call the coagulation cascade, the system that causes clots to form to stop bleeding in the face of injury but can lead to heart attacks, strokes and clots in the legs or lungs when triggered by disease processes.
- A complication soon arose in that at the amount necessary for keeping the grains suspended between the two waters, almost all these substances agglutinated the grains into bunches of grapes, showing thus in the nicest way possible the phenomenon of coagulation which is not easy to obtain on ordinary suspensions or colloidal solutions (of ultramicroscopic grains).
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