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COAGULATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

Synonyms:

clotting; coagulation; curdling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("coagulation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coagulation"):

blood clotting; blood coagulation (a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot))

thermocoagulation (congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current))

Derivation:

coagulate (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state)

coagulate (cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state)

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 Context examples: 

This gene plays a role in platelet aggregation and promotes blood coagulation.

(PF4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Its major physiologic role appears to be neutralization of heparin-like molecules on the endothelial surface of blood vessels, thereby inhibiting local antithrombin III activity and promoting coagulation.

(Platelet Factor 4, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

Platelet glycoprotein 4 (472 aa, 53 kD) is a cell adhesion process protein that is encoded by the human CD36 gene and has roles in blood coagulation and cell adhesion.

(Platelet Glycoprotein 4, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in blood coagulation and the regulation of monocyte/macrophage functions.

(PLAU Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The soluble APP is the major inhibitor of coagulation factors IXa and XIa, and platelet aggregation.

(Platelet Amyloid Precursor Protein Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Platelet Activation involves initiation of a set of stimulated platelet activities involved in aggregation of platelets and fibrin during blood coagulation.

(Platelet Activation, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes platelet factor-4 protein, is involved in coagulation regulation, inflammation and wound repair.

(PF4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The vitamins K are essential for blood coagulation as it is necessary for the hepatic synthesis of the coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X; deficiency results in a bleeding diathesis.

(Phytonadione, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in blood coagulation, cell migration and tissue remodeling.

(PLAT Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The receptor mediates cell contraction and proliferation, platelet aggregation, release of coagulation factor and glycogenolysis.

(Arginine Vasopressin Receptor 1A, NCI Thesaurus)