̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: French or Latin; French coagulation, from Latin coagulation-, coagulatio, from coagulatus + -ion-, -io- -ion
1.
a. : the process of becoming viscous, jellylike, or solid or of uniting into a coherent mass ; especially : the change from a liquid to a thickened curdlike state not by evaporation but by chemical reaction
the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood
the coagulation of egg albumen by heat
b. : the process by which such change of state takes place consisting of the alteration of a soluble substance, usually protein, into an insoluble form or of the flocculation or separation of colloidal or suspended matter
2. : a substance or body formed by coagulation : coagulum 2