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coagulate(medicine)
coagulate(2)(dictionary)
coagulate(1)(dictionary)
sex characteristics(medicine)
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coagulate(2) (iou) and sex characteristics (medicine)


coagulate(2) (iou)



coagulate verb. LME.
[Latin coagulat- pa. ppl stem of coagulare, formed as COAGULUM: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. & intrans. Change from a fluid to a more or less solid state, esp. by a chemical reaction; set, solidify. LME.
Robert Knox Albumen..is coagulated by heat, alcohol and the stronger acids. E. Hemingway I stopped the bleeding by lying still and letting it coagulate.
b. verb intrans. Solidify by evaporation; crystallize. M17-E18.
verb trans. & intrans. Form as a mass; unite into a mass. E17.
J. Howell Venus..was..coagulated of that foam. fig.: J. Steinbeck Gradually their wills coagulated.
coagulative adjective having the property of coagulating; involving or producing coagulation: E17.
coagulator noun = COAGULANT noun E17.

sex characteristics (medicine)


sex characteristics


Those characteristics that distinguish one sex from the Other. The primary sex characteristics are the ovaries and testes and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.