Coagulate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kəʊˈæɡ.jÊŠ.leɪt/
• US IPA: /koʊˈæɡ.jÉ™.leɪt/

From Latin coāgulō ("I curdle"), from coāgulum ("a means of curdling, rennet"), from cōgō ("bring together, gather, collect"), from co- ("together") + agō ("do, make, drive").

Full definition of coagulate

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

Antonyms

• dissolve, melt

Derived terms

• coagulation
• coagulant

Related terms

• coagulum

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Coagulated.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, , II. ii. 460:roasted in wrath and fire,
  And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kəʊˈæɡ.jÊŠ.lÉ™t/
• US IPA: /koʊˈæɡ.jÉ™.lÉ™t/

Noun

1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.

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