Co·ag·u·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coagulated p. pr. & vb. n. Coagulating ] To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
Co·ag·u·la·ted a. Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.
Coagulated proteid Physiol. Chem., one of a class of bodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance by heat, acids, or other agents.
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coagulated
adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
blood" [syn: coagulate, curdled, grumous, grumose]
2: changed into a solid mass [syn: solidified]