Agglutination vs. Coagulation
Agglutinationnoun
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Agglutinationnoun
(linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
Agglutinationnoun
The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
Agglutinationnoun
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Agglutinationnoun
Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.
Agglutinationnoun
a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
Agglutinationnoun
the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
Agglutinationnoun
the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
Agglutination
Agglutination is a linguistic process of derivational morphology in which complex words are formed by stringing together morphemes without changing them in spelling or phonetics. Languages that use agglutination widely are called agglutinative languages.
Coagulationnoun
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes)
Coagulationnoun
The process by which blood forms solid clots.
Coagulationnoun
Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
Coagulationnoun
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.
Coagulationnoun
The substance or body formed by coagulation.
Coagulationnoun
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
Coagulation
Coagulation, also known as clotting, is the process by which blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a blood clot. It potentially results in hemostasis, the cessation of blood loss from a damaged vessel, followed by repair.
