coagulation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

coagulation (countable and uncountable, plural coagulations)

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

Antonyms

• dissolution
• declumping
• peptization

Derived terms

• anticoagulation
• coagulase
• coagulational
• coagulation factor
• coagulation time
• cryocoagulation
• cyclocoagulation
• diathermocoagulation
• disseminated intravascular coagulation
• electrocoagulation
• haemocoagulation
• hemocoagulation
• heterocoagulation
• homocoagulation
• hypercoagulation
• hypocoagulation
• noncoagulation
• photocoagulation
• precoagulation
• procoagulation
• recoagulation
• thermocoagulation
• whole-blood coagulation time

Related terms

• coagulate

Translations

process of forming clots from blood

• Afrikaans: koagulasie
• Basque: koagulazio inan
• Bulgarian: съсирване n (sǎsirvane)
• Catalan: coagulació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凝血 (zh) (níngxuè)

• Danish: koagulering c, koagulation (da) c
• Dutch: stolling (nl)
• Finnish: hyytyminen (fi)
• French: coagulation (fr) f
• Galician: coagulación (gl) f
• German: Hämostase f, Blutgerinnung f, Gerinnung (de) f
• Hungarian: véralvadás (hu)
• Italian: coagulazione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: meyîn (ku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hemostase m, koagulasjon m, koagulering m

  Nynorsk: hemostase m, koagulasjon m, koagulering f

• Persian: انعقاد (fa) (en'eqâd)
• Polish: koagulacja f
• Portuguese: coagulação (pt) f
• Romanian: coagulare (ro) f
• Russian: свёртывание (ru) n (svjórtyvanije)
• Slovak: zrážanie krvi, koagulácia
• Spanish: coagulación (es) f
• Swedish: koagulation (sv) c
• Tagalog: samuo
• Ukrainian: згортання n (zhortannja)

similar solidification

• Danish: koagulering c, koagulation (da) c
• Dutch: stolling (nl) f
• German: Gerinnung (de) f
• Hungarian: alvadás (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koagulasjon m, koagulering m

  Nynorsk: koagulasjon m, koagulering f

• Russian: сгуще́ние (ru) n (sguščénije)
• Slovak: zrážanie, koagulácia
• Swedish: koagulation (sv)