coagulation > define

noun

• The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.
  • synonyms: curdling, clotting

• (n.) The substance or body formed by coagulation.
• (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.