coagulate
verb
[ kəʊˈaɡjʊleɪt ]
• (of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semi-solid state.
• "blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash"
Similar:
congeal,
clot,
cake,
solidify,
thicken,
harden,
gel,
curdle,
stiffen,
set,
dry,
inspissate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin coagulat- ‘curdled’, from the verb coagulare, from coagulum ‘rennet’.
