Medical Dictionary
1coagulate
verb co·ag·u·late \kō-ˈag-yə-ˌlāt\
co·ag·u·lat·edco·ag·u·lat·ing
Medical Definition of COAGULATE
transitive verb
1
: to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : clot <blood platelets that coagulate blood—Sonni Efron> <rennin coagulates milk>
2
: to subject to coagulation <high-frequency radio waves used to cut and coagulate tissue—Alan Goldstein>
intransitive verb
: to become coagulated : undergo coagulation
—co·ag·u·la·bil·i·ty \kō-ˌag-yə-lə-ˈbil-ət-ē\ noun
—co·ag·u·la·ble \-ˈag-yə-lə-bəl\ adjective
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