coagulable

[ koh-ag-yuh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being coagulated.

Other Words From

• co·agu·la·bili·ty noun
• hyper·co·agu·la·bili·ty noun
• hyper·co·agu·la·ble adjective
• nonco·agu·la·bili·ty noun
• nonco·agu·la·ble adjective
• unco·agu·la·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coagulable¹

First recorded in 1645–55; coagul(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

One of them points to an excess and the other to a loss of the spontaneously coagulable element of the blood.

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From its being coagulable by various salts, and especially by corrosive sublimate, with which it forms an insoluble compound, white of egg is a convenient antidote in cases of poisoning by that substance.

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All these spaces contain a similar coagulable fluid with sparse corpuscles, and all are lined by ciliated cells.

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Albumins are all soluble in pure water, and are coagulable by heat.

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We have seen that there is an inflammatory condition of the connective tissue between the lobules, resulting in the exudation of coagulable lymph.

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