gelatev.
/dʒɛˈleɪt/ intransitive. = gel v.
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1915 W. W. Taylor Chem. Colloids 11 There seems no escape from the adoption of the following terms:—gel, to gelate, gelation, sol, to solate, solation.
1951 New Biol. 10 17 When this plasmasol reaches the tip of the pseudopodium we can imagine it gelating to form new pseudopodial wall.
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geˈlated adj.
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1948 New Biol. 5 33 A reversible liquefaction of any gelated regions of the protoplasm.
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