Meanings
nouncoagulation (countable and uncountable, plural coagulations)
plural coagulations
- countableuncountableSimilar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nounthe process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincoagulatio, coagulationem
- Middle Frenchcoagulation
- Englishcoagulation
Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans koagulasie
- koagulasieprocess of forming clots from blood
Ancient Greek πῆξις
- πῆξις (pêxis)process of forming clots from blood
Basque koagulazio
- koagulazioprocess of forming clots from blood
Bulgarian съсирване
- съсирване (săsirvane)process of forming clots from blood
Catalan coagulació
- coagulacióprocess of forming clots from blood
Chinese Mandarin 凝血
- 凝血 (níngxuè)process of forming clots from blood
Danish koagulering, koagulation
- koaguleringprocess of forming clots from blood
- koagulationprocess of forming clots from blood
- koaguleringsimilar solidification
- koagulationsimilar solidification
Dutch stolling, bloedstolling
- stollingprocess of forming clots from blood
- bloedstollingprocess of forming clots from blood
- coagulatieprocess of forming clots from blood
- stollingsimilar solidification
Finnish hyytyminen
- hyytyminenprocess of forming clots from blood
French coagulation
- coagulationprocess of forming clots from blood
German Hämostase, Blutgerinnung
- Hämostaseprocess of forming clots from blood
- Blutgerinnungprocess of forming clots from blood
- Gerinnungprocess of forming clots from blood
- Gerinnungsimilar solidification
Greek πήξη
- πήξη (píxi)process of forming clots from blood
Hungarian véralvadás, alvadás
- véralvadásprocess of forming clots from blood
- alvadássimilar solidification
- kicsapodássimilar solidification
- kicsapódássimilar solidification
Italian coagulazione
- coagulazioneprocess of forming clots from blood
Norwegian Bokmål hemostase, koagulasjon
- hemostaseprocess of forming clots from blood
- koagulasjonprocess of forming clots from blood
- koaguleringprocess of forming clots from blood
- koagulasjonsimilar solidification
- koaguleringsimilar solidification
Persian انعقاد
- انعقاد (en'eqâd)process of forming clots from blood
Polish koagulacja
- koagulacjaprocess of forming clots from blood
Portuguese coagulação
- coagulaçãoprocess of forming clots from blood
Romanian coagulare
- coagulareprocess of forming clots from blood
Russian свёртывание, сгуще́ние
- свёртывание (svjórtyvanije)process of forming clots from blood
- сгуще́ние (sguščénije)similar solidification
Slovak zrážanie krvi, koagulácia
- zrážanie krviprocess of forming clots from blood
- koaguláciaprocess of forming clots from blood
- zrážaniesimilar solidification
- koaguláciasimilar solidification
Spanish coagulación
- coagulaciónprocess of forming clots from blood
Swedish koagulation, koagulation
- koagulationprocess of forming clots from blood
- koagulationsimilar solidification
Tagalog samuo
- samuoprocess of forming clots from blood
Ukrainian згортання
- згортання (zhortannja)process of forming clots from blood
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with coagulation
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APA
coagulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coagulation
MLA
“coagulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coagulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coagulation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coagulation.
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