coagulate
/kəʊˈægjʊleɪt/verb
no obj.
1- (of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semi-solid state（流体, 尤指血液）凝结：
blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash.
血液在伤口周边凝结了。
1.1
- with obj. cause (a fluid) to change to a solid or semi-solid state使（流体）凝结：
adrenalin coagulates the blood.
肾上腺素使血液凝结。
派生词
coagulable
adjectivecoagulation
nouncoagulative
adjectivecoagulator
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin coagulat- 'curdled', from the verb coagulare, from coagulum 'rennet'.