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Coagulate vs Coagulin - What's the difference?

coagulate | coagulin |

As nouns the difference between coagulate and coagulin

is that coagulate is a mass formed by means of coagulation while coagulin is any substance having the ability to coagulate foreign proteins.

As a verb coagulate

is to become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

As an adjective coagulate

is coagulated.

coagulate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(coagulat)
  • To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
  • In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
  • To cause to congeal.
  • Rennet coagulates''' milk; heat '''coagulates the white of an egg.
    Antonyms
    * dissolve, melt
    Derived terms
    * coagulation * coagulant

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Coagulated.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 460:
  • roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mass formed by means of coagulation.
  • References

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    Anagrams

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    coagulin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any substance having the ability to coagulate foreign proteins
  • See also

    * precipitin * thromboplastin ----