Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coagulated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Coagulating.]
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid
state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical
reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat
coagulates the white of an egg.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coagulated \Co*ag"u*la`ted\, a.
Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass;
curdled.
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Coagulated proteid (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of
bodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance
by heat, acids, or other agents.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
coagulated
adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
blood" [syn: coagulate, curdled, grumous, grumose]
2: changed into a solid mass [syn: solidified]
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