coagulativeadj.
/kəʊˈaɡjʊlətɪv/ 1. Having the property of producing coagulation.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > that causes coagulation
congealing1599
coagulative1605
coagulating1626
coagulatorya1691
concreting1863
coagulant1937
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 152 These doe auaile..to extinguish feauers..by their coagulatiue vertue.
a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 423 (R.) A salt..which seemed to have in it a coagulative power, in reference to common water.
2. Having the property of coagulating (intransitive); inclined to coagulate or ‘set’. coagulative necrosis = coagulation necrosis n. at coagulation n. Compounds.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > inclined to
concretive1646
curdly1657
coagulative1676
grumescent1684
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 614 The fire..from Cold and Coagulative, changes it into Caustique and Resolutive.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xvi. 547 The Glandulous humour..falls into a coagulative disposition with the Serum.
1886 London Med. Rec. XIV. 323/1 In the change called coagulative necrosis, the death of the cells is easily proved by their incapacity for function.
1957 S. L. Robbins Textbk. Pathol. viii. 191/1 The characteristic cytologic change of all infarcts is ischemic coagulative necrosis of the affected cells.
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