coagulation

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coagulation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

coagulation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coagulation
      n 1: the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn:
           curdling, clotting, coagulation]