coagulation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion

noun

  1. The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes)(e.g. of proteins)
  2. The process by which blood forms solid clots.
  3. Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).

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