coagulum

[ koh-ag-yuh-luhm ]

noun

, plural co·ag·u·la [koh-, ag, -y, uh, -l, uh].

1. any coagulated mass; precipitate; clump; clot.

coagulum

/ kəʊˈæɡjʊləm /

noun

1. any coagulated mass; clot; curd

Word History and Origins

Origin of coagulum¹

1650–60; < Latin: that which binds together or coagulates, rennet, equivalent to co- co- + āg-, combining form, in noun derivation, of agere to drive, do ( ambages, indagate ) + -ulum -ule; compare cōgere to make congeal, literally, to drive together; cogent

Word History and Origins

Origin of coagulum¹

C17: from Latin: curdling agent; see coagulate

Example Sentences

It’s also a prelude to the rest of the movie’s sinister doings, which include a racist cabal of the Armitages and their mostly white friends and culminate in an elaborate medical procedure called “coagula.”

From New York Times

“This movie is a hybrid of genres itself, and the monstrous operation that the movie’s about, the coagula procedure, is in itself a hybridization. Michael was my guy, and I really never looked any further.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The coagula I easily removed and passed the little finger of my left hand through the perfectly smooth opening made by the ball, and found that it had entered the encephalon.”

From Washington Post

The py�mic symptoms—viz. suppuration of the coagulum, the separation of emboli, and the formation of metastatic abscesses—are always dependent upon the presence of round bacteria.

From Project Gutenberg

In chronic cases it may be necessary to lay open the cavity and remove the coagulum.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• clotting
• clump
• lump