Meaning & use
Coagulated
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Changed from a liquid into a thickened, semisolid, or solid mass.
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The blood had coagulated around the wound within minutes.
The sauce coagulated as it cooled on the counter.
A note on using this word
Especially important in biology and medicine, where blood coagulation is the process that stops bleeding after an injury.
Words with a similar meaning
clottedthickenedcongealed
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Words with an opposite meaning
liquefieddissolved
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