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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

凝固

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gyōko

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Coagulation/koʊˌæɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"血液の凝固は怪我をしたときに止血する働きをします。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The process by which a liquid, especially blood, changes to a solid or semi-solid state.

    "The medication helps to prevent excessive coagulation of the blood."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin coagulatio, from coagulare (to curdle or clot), formed from co- (together) and agere (to drive or move). It entered the English language in the late 15th century initially within medical and alchemical contexts, later expanding to chemistry and physics to describe the solidifying of liquids.

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