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Definition: Coagulation |
CoagulationNoun1. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coagulation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Coagulation \Co*ag`u*la"tion\, noun. [Latin expression coagulatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | Separation of radioactive waste products from water by coagulation of an insoluble precipitate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Clumping of particles in wastewater to settle out impurities, often induced by chemicals such as lime, alum, and iron salts. (references) |
| The process by which small particles collide with and adhere to one another to form larger particles. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | In milk industry, coagulation of milk by action of acids or rennet, usually for producing cheese. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | 1. the process of clot formation. 2. in colloid chemistry, the solidification of a sol into a gelatinous mass; an alteration of a disperse phase or of a dissolved solid which causes the separation of the system into a liquid phase and an insoluble mass called the clot or curd. Coagulation is usually irreversible. 3. in surgery, the disruption of tissue by physical means to form an amorphous residuum, as in electrocoagulation and photocoagulation. (references) |
Mining | A. The binding of individual particles to form flocs or agglomerates and thus increase their rate of settlement in water or other liquid. See also:flocculationb. The coalescence of fine particles to form larger particles. (references) |
Public Administration | Clotting of the blood, the normal process of stopping bleeding. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CoagulationSynonyms: clotting (n), curdling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Density | Condensation; caseation; solidation, solidification; consolidation; concretion, coagulation; petrification. (hardening); crystallization, precipitation; deposit, precipitate; inspissation; gelation, thickening. Verb: |
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Health | Recent data connect triglyceride levels with alterations of the coagulation system. (references) | |
For example, laser coagulation and other types of eye surgery may be used to prevent further vision loss in patients with eye problems. (references) | ||
FFP is indicated for some documented coagulation protein deficiencies as well as for selected patients who require massive transfusions. (references) | ||
Business | The market leaders in hematology & coagulation instruments and reagents are Sysmex, Beckmen Coulter, Abbott, Roche, and Technicon. (references) | |
Process water pre-treatment or wastewater modalities include biological treatment, activated sludge reduction, chemical coagulation, flocculation, filtration, oxidation, incineration and activated carbon adsorption. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Coagulation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coagulation" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 53 | 46,657 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "coagulation": Blood Coagulation ♦ Blood Coagulation Disorders ♦ Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors ♦ Blood Coagulation Factors ♦ Blood Coagulation Tests ♦ coagulation factor ♦ Coagulation Protein Disorders ♦ Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ♦ enzymatic coagulation ♦ Laser Coagulation ♦ Light Coagulation ♦ Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor ♦ Whole Blood Coagulation Time. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "coagulation": anti-coagulation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coagulation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mpiksje (clot, jellification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تخثر دمه, تجلط الدم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съсирване (congealment), сгъстяване (compression, condensation, evaporation, fixation, thickening), коагулация, пресичане (catch, congealment, crossing, cut, interception, intersection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 凝固 (Coagulate, Coagulated, Coagulating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koagulace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | koagulation (coagulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coagulatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | veren hyytyminen, saostuminen (clotting, fouling, précipitation), koagulaatio (clotting), juoksettuminen (clotting, curdling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coagulation (congealment, congealting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Koagulation (clotting), gerinnung (clotting, curdling), Gerinnen (clot, coagulate, congeal, curd, curdle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πήξη (congealation, congealment, freeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קפאון (congealment, freeze, frost), קריש" (jellying), "תקרשות, "קרש" (clotting, congealment, jellification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | koagulálás, koaguláció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengentalan, pembekuan (congealing, freezing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coagulazione (clotting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 血液凝固 (blood clotting, blood coagulation, coagulant), 凝結 (congealing, curdling, freezing, setting, solidification), 凝固まり (clot, enthusiast, fanatic), 凝固 (freezing, solidification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎょう" (freezing, solidification), ぎょうけつ (blood clot, congealing, curdle, curdling, freezing, setting, solidification), "りかたまり (clot, enthusiast, fanatic), けつえきぎょう" (blood clotting, blood coagulation, coagulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응 (solidification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oagulationcay coagulação (clotting). (various references) coagulare (clotting, curdling). (various references) свертывание (jellification), коагуляция. (various references) zgrušavanje, koagulacija. (various references) coagulación (concretion). (various references) koagulering (congealment). (various references) pıhtılaşma (clotting, congealment, congelation). (various references) коагуляція (concretion), зсідання, згущення (concentration, concretion, condensation, thickening). (various references) sự l m đông lại, sự đông lại (congealment, congelation, gelation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coagulation": coagulations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "coagulation": photocoagulation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "coagulation": photocoagulations. (additional references) | |
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"Coagulation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: canullation, cogilation, coglation, congelation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coagulation" (pronounced kōagyulā"shun) |
| 8 | -g y u l ā" sh u n | deregulation, overregulation, regulation, reregulation, strangulation. |
| 7 | -y u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, articulation, calculation, confabulation, depopulation, emulation, formulation, granulation, inoculation, manipulation, miscalculation, overpopulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, tabulation, tribulation. |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | adulation, annihilation, appellation, assimilation, cancellation, capitulation, compilation, congratulation, consolation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, desolation, distillation, elation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, fibrillation, gastrulation, inhalation, installation, insulation, isolation, jubilation, modulation, mutilation, oscillation, revelation, titillation, vacillation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-n-o-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: coagulant, octagonal. | |
-3 letters: analogic, antalgic, clouting, contagia, guaiacol, locating, location, locution, nautical. | |
-4 letters: actinal, agnatic, alation, antilog, auction, autoing, catalog, catling, caution, cingula, coagula, coaling, coating, coolant, cooling, guanaco, inocula, linocut, locoing, logania, looting, louting, lunatic, octagon, octanol, otalgia, otalgic, outgain, outlain, talcing, tooling. | |
-5 letters: acting, action, actual, agnail, agonal, agonic, agouti, alnico, analog. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-n-o-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: coagulations. | |
+2 letters: conjugational. | |
+3 letters: congratulation. | |
+4 letters: agranulocytosis, configurational, congratulations, conjugationally. | |
+5 letters: photocoagulation, ultrasonographic, unapologetically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 61 67 75 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .- --. ..- .-.. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100001 01100111 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o a g u l a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0061 0067 0075 006C 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781677387786786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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