Meaning & use
Coagulant
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A substance that causes a liquid, especially blood, to thicken or clot into a semisolid mass.
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Doctors applied a coagulant to stop the bleeding quickly.
Water treatment plants use coagulants to help remove suspended particles.
A note on using this word
Coagulants are used both in medicine, to stop bleeding, and in industrial water treatment, to clump particles together for removal.
Words with a similar meaning
clotting agent
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Words with an opposite meaning
anticoagulant
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